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 · 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.

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From the blog · Aug 22, 2026
Your Own Words on Every Design

Everything a visitor reads on your website is drawn from your account. Your name, your bio, your location, your credits, your contact route.

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From the blog · Aug 15, 2026
Page Sections: Two-Level Menus

Pages can now belong to a section. A section appears in your menu as a heading with its pages underneath, which turns a long flat list into something a visitor can actually read.

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From the blog · Aug 12, 2026
How Video Embeds Affect Your Page Speed

An embedded video is the single heaviest thing most actor websites carry, and almost all of that weight is spent before anybody watches anything.

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From the blog · Aug 8, 2026
External Links in Your Menu

A menu item no longer has to be a page on your site. It can be a link to anywhere, sitting in your navigation alongside everything else.

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From the blog · Aug 5, 2026
Every Page Gets Its Own Title and Description

Every page on your website carries its own title and its own description, set per page rather than once for the whole site.

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From the blog · Aug 1, 2026
Custom Slugs for Premium Members

On the paid plans, every page can have an address you choose rather than the one the page type comes with.

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From the blog · Jul 29, 2026
Your Sitemap, on Your Own Domain

A sitemap is a list of your pages handed to search engines, with a little information attached to each one.

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From the blog · Jul 25, 2026
What's New, Inside the Admin

There is now a What's New panel in the admin. Everything we ship appears there, in date order, with a short explanation and a link to the full write-up.

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From the blog · Jul 22, 2026
Structured Data for Actor Websites

Search engines and AI answer engines do not only index pages. They resolve entities: they decide that a name on one site and a name on another site refer to the same person, and then attribute things to that person.

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From the blog · Jul 18, 2026
Analytics: Google and Clicky

If you use Google Analytics or Clicky, you can now connect it with a setting rather than pasting a script into your site. Why a setting rather than a script box Three reasons, all practical.

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From the blog · Jul 15, 2026
Using the Admin on Your Phone

Most actors update their website in the gaps: on a train, between appointments, in a car park before going in.