The Web For Actors blog

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

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From the blog · Sep 27, 2025
Connect Your Blog: WordPress, Medium and Ghost

If you already write somewhere else, you can connect it. Posts from WordPress, Medium, Ghost, Substack and anything else publishing a standard feed will appear on your actor website as a blog section on your own domain.

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From the blog · Sep 20, 2025
Instagram Feeds on Actor Websites

You can now connect an Instagram account and show a grid of your most recent posts on any page of your actor website. The real argument for this Not that a feed is beautiful.

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From the blog · Sep 13, 2025
Turn a Mention Into a Press Item

Every result in your Mentions panel has an Add to Press control. It creates a press item with the outlet, headline, date and link already filled in.

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From the blog · Sep 6, 2025
Press Mentions: We Search the Web for You

There is a new Mentions panel in your dashboard. We search for coverage of you across news, reviews, blogs, podcasts and video, and put what we find in front of you.

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From the blog · Aug 30, 2025
Your Contact Details, One Place

Your contact details now live in exactly one place. Your contact page, your email signature, your business card, your press kit and your generated resume all read from it.

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From the blog · Aug 23, 2025
Business Card Layouts, Refreshed

The card layouts have been redrawn. There are six now, all of them tested at actual print size rather than designed on a screen at four times the size they will ever be seen at.

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From the blog · Aug 16, 2025
Referral Tracking for QR Cards

Your dashboard now shows scans of your QR card: total, over time, and how many went on to look at more than one page.

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From the blog · Aug 9, 2025
Print-Ready QR Cards

The card download now produces a genuine print file rather than a screen image: full bleed, crop marks, 300 dots per inch, and both standard sizes.

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From the blog · Aug 2, 2025
Claim Your QR Card and Refer a Friend

Your QR card now carries your referral link as well as your website. If another actor scans it, follows the link and builds a site, credit lands on your account.

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From the blog · Jul 26, 2025
QR Business Cards for Actors

You can now generate a business card carrying a QR code that opens your actor website. Design it in the admin, download a print-ready file, or use the digital version as a link.

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From the blog · Jul 19, 2025
Push Your Signature Straight to Gmail

If you use Gmail, your signature can now be installed directly from the builder. Authorize once, press a button, and it is in your account.

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From the blog · Jul 12, 2025
Photo Overlays and Shapes

The signature photograph now has treatment options: a border in your accent color, a soft duotone overlay, a rounded rectangle mask, and the circle covered in circular photos.