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 · Oct 7, 2026
Pick Your Own Loading Screen

Some designs show something while the page gets ready: a spinner, a bar, a name fading in. Until now that was fixed by the design. You got whatever loading screen it came with, or none.

A crescent moon and stars over a layer of clouds at night
From the blog · Oct 3, 2026
Moving Backgrounds on Any Design

A few designs in the catalog have always had something moving behind them: rain on one, drifting specks on another, a slow web of connected dots on a third.

A row of vinyl records filed upright in their sleeves
From the blog · Sep 30, 2026
Reels and Playlists for Your Audio

Audio on an actor website splits into two things that want different treatment.

Cardboard moving boxes stacked in an empty room
From the blog · Sep 26, 2026
Faster Images on 47 Designs

Your photographs have been served from a global delivery network for a while, which we wrote about in image hosting moves to a global CDN.

A hand arranging colored blocks into a row
From the blog · Sep 23, 2026
Drag to Sort, Everywhere in the Admin

Sorting had drifted into four different behaviors. Photo categories, video categories, social links and other links were reordered with a pair of up and down arrows, one click per position.

A small nameplate beside a door handle
From the blog · Sep 19, 2026
Captions on Every Photo, Written for You

Every photo you upload can carry a caption, and if you have not written one, a usable one is generated from what your account already knows.

A curl of 35mm film with blank frames
From the blog · Sep 16, 2026
Reel Chapters That Pull Their Own Credits

An interactive reel is a reel cut into chapters, so somebody watching can jump to the scene they care about instead of sitting through four minutes to reach it.

Find Your Own Videos on YouTube
From the blog · Sep 12, 2026
Find Your Own Videos on YouTube

The Videos page only ever accepted a pasted address. So filling it meant leaving the admin, finding each video on YouTube, copying its address, coming back, pasting, saving, and doing that again for every clip.

A speaking profile resolving into a sound wave
From the blog · Sep 9, 2026
Importing Your SoundCloud Audio

Importing a track from SoundCloud onto your website sounds like it should be one step: ask for the file, receive the file.

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From the blog · Sep 5, 2026
How Every Design Is Checked Before It Ships

Every design in the catalog is checked before it ships, and the check is deliberately the crude one: put it in front of a real browser, with a real account behind it, and see whether a complete page comes back.

Two people handing over stacked file binders
From the blog · Sep 2, 2026
Import Audio and Photos From Dropbox

Most actors already keep their headshots and their audio in a cloud folder, because that is where the photographer or the studio put them.

Earbuds and a phone laid out on a wooden desk
From the blog · Aug 26, 2026
Your Audio, on Every Design

If you have audio on your account, it reaches your website. That is true on every design in the catalog, which matters more for some actors than others: for a voice actor the audio is not a supporting detail, it is the product.