The Web For Actors blog

Announcements, tips and the occasional argument about what an actor website is for.

A developer at monitors showing code
From the blog · Feb 14, 2026
Custom CSS for Advanced Users

There is now a custom stylesheet box in your design settings. What you write there is applied to your site after everything else, so it can override any rule in the design.

A simple latch on a weathered green door
From the blog · Feb 11, 2026
Two Security Headers on Every Customer Site

Two headers now go out with every page of every customer site. nosniff stops a browser from guessing that a response is a web page when the declared type says it is an image.

A yellow folding ruler fanned out
From the blog · Feb 7, 2026
Size Picker: Control Your Layout Width

Every design now offers three content widths: full, which uses the whole window, contained, which is the traditional centered column, and narrow, which is tighter still.

Two road arrows pointing in opposite directions
From the blog · Feb 4, 2026
Caching by Who Is Asking

Caching is what makes a website fast: a page is built once and the built copy is handed to everybody who asks for it, instead of being assembled from scratch every time.

A pile of wooden letterpress letters
From the blog · Jan 31, 2026
Font Choices for Actor Websites

There is now a font setting on every design: a curated set of pairings, each one a heading face and a body face that are known to work together.

Printed sheets clipped to a board
From the blog · Jan 28, 2026
The Press Kit, and Who Gets the Footer Credit

A press kit is the single link you send when somebody needs your material and you do not want to send five attachments.

Paint brushes beside color chips and plans
From the blog · Jan 24, 2026
Pick Your Own Color Scheme

Every design now takes two colors from you: an accent and a background. They flow through links, buttons, headings, your email signature and your business card.

A laptop showing a chart on a wooden desk
From the blog · Jan 21, 2026
How Google Analytics connects to your actor website

Plenty of actors have analytics on their website and no idea whether it works. The tag is there, the page loads, and the reports stay empty.

An evenly lit olive linen texture
From the blog · Jan 17, 2026
Background Textures and Tiles

You can now set a background texture on any template: paper, linen, concrete, fine grain, and a handful of others. It sits behind your content and changes nothing about the layout.

A neat stack of blank printed cards
From the blog · Jan 14, 2026
What goes on your printed business card

The Business Card Maker builds card art from what is already in your account. Your name, your site address, and your social handles come across without you retyping any of it.

A high contrast black and white portrait
From the blog · Jan 10, 2026
Grayscale Mode for Any Template

Every design now has a grayscale switch. On, and the whole site renders in black and white: photographs, accents, everything.

Two performers in costume on a lit stage
From the blog · Jan 7, 2026
Your training and education, and where the school name comes from

On a finished resume, education and training sit next to each other and look like variations of one idea. You went somewhere, you studied something, there are dates.