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Have VA's that I hired, how do I protect my blog from losing all my work?

  1. cbates5
    Member

    I have VA's that I'm working with on my blogs and would like to know how to protect myself from one day looking up and having all my work being deleted? My VA's have the access to my dashboard for my blogs so they can work on them but I want to make sure I have privacy so that I don't lose all my work. Does anyone know how I would do this?

    Thanks

  2. timethief
    Member

    What is a "VA"? I don't have a clue what your are referring to.

  3. cbates5
    Member

    Virtual Assistant, do you know how to protect your blog for privacy from everything getting deleted when you wake up one day?

  4. raincoaster
    Member

    If you want privacy, don't give them access. If you don't trust them, don't hire them. Certainly do not give them Admin access, just make them Editors or Contributors. And it's your responsibility to make a backup of your blog on a regular basis.

    "VA" is presumably "Virtual assistant."

  5. timethief
    Member

    Thanks for the enlightenment re: VA and I agree with raincoaster's advice on this.

  6. cbates5
    Member

    Ok thanks, how would I make them editors or contributors and how do I make a backup blog?

  7. cbates5
    Member

    And if they are a Contributor or Editor, would they still be able to help me create my site?

  8. timethief
    Member

    What do you mean by create? Here are the user roles and you can read what each role allows users to do. http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

  9. cbates5
    Member

    Ok, that is very helpful. How would I make them an editor so they can still work on my blog but not have complete access?

  10. raincoaster
    Member

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

  11. timethief
    Member

    Adding Users
    If you’re a blog Administrator and you’d like to make someone a Contributor, Author, or Editor on your site, please follow the directions on adding contributors. http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/

  12. cbates5
    Member

    I added them as new users but I don't have an invite user tab, where would I go once I add them as Editors to invite them?

  13. timethief
    Member

    Does this help?
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/#invite-people-to-follow-your-blog

  14. cbates5
    Member

    I figured it out, thanks for your help!

  15. timethief
    Member

    That's great news. I'm so glad we resolved this. Happy blogging! :)

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