Because this Editor Assistance is displayed in the same "shell" as all other sites are, it has standard buttons such as a subscribe box for a newsletter. However, the "Editor Assistance" site does not actually have a newsletter.

All editors are contacted regularly by BellaOnline's owner, Lisa Shea, with editor-wide updates. These updates are not done via a newsletter that can be subscribed and unsubscribed to. Instead, each editor is always a part of these editor-wide updates. Editors cannot opt out of these updates, as they would miss important messages if they did.

The editor-wide updates are sent to the email address on file for the editor's site. This information is set by the editor and can be changed by them at any time. To change your personal contact email address:

* Go to your main BellaOnline editor admin menu
* Look under the "About Me" column in the top row of the menu
* Click on "Bio & Email"
* Click on "Private Editor Information"
* Set the value for "Personal Email Address"

Only Lisa, specific BellaOnline managers, and your mentor while you are training have access to this personal email address. Your personal email address is never shown to any third party or visitor.

We send our email alerts and updates to the personal email address because sometimes the message is about "the BellaOnline mail server is stuck". It would not help if we tried to send a message about a stuck mail server THROUGH that mail server! :)

Editors are automatically added to this distribution when they are first approved to join BellaOnline.com. They are automatically removed when they choose to leave BellaOnline.com. This is the sole way in which this distribution list is maintained.

Editor wide messages are typically mailed out a few times each week, depending on what is going on in the system and how busy Lisa is. The messages are numbered so that you can tell if you miss one.

Please let Lisa know if you have any questions about editor-wide mailings in the BellaOnline network!