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 · May 31, 2025
Press Pages for Actor Websites

Press is now a structured page type on your actor website. Each item has an outlet, a headline, a date, a link, an optional pull quote and an optional image.

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From the blog · May 24, 2025
Timeline View for Your Career

Timeline is a new way to display your credits: everything you have done, in date order, across every medium, on one continuous line rather than in separate blocks.

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From the blog · May 17, 2025
A Lifetime Resume Builder for $19

Resume For Actors costs ten dollars, once. That buys unlimited edits and unlimited exports, forever. There is no renewal and no export fee.

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From the blog · May 10, 2025
Introducing Resume For Actors

We have launched a separate product: a resume builder made specifically for actors.

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From the blog · May 3, 2025
Upload a PDF Resume Visitors Can Download

Upload a PDF in your resume settings and it becomes available from your menu and from a download control on your resume page.

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From the blog · Apr 26, 2025
The Resume Page Type

There is a new page type on your actor website whose entire job is to hand over a document. Put Resume in your menu, click it, and the resume opens. There is no landing page in between.

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From the blog · Apr 19, 2025
Hide a Skill Without Deleting It

Every skill on your actor website now has a visibility switch. Off means it disappears from your public page and stays in your record, ready to switch back on.

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From the blog · Apr 12, 2025
Skills, Levels and Proficiency

Skills on your actor website now carry a level: Native or Expert, Proficient, Working Knowledge, or Basic.

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From the blog · Apr 5, 2025
Your Training and Education Page

Training now has its own page type with its own structure: institution or coach, what you studied, where, and when.

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From the blog · Mar 29, 2025
Genres for Every Project

Every credit can now carry one or more genres: drama, comedy, thriller, period, horror, action, musical, documentary, and the rest.

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From the blog · Mar 22, 2025
Sort Your Credits Exactly How You Want

Each credit group on your actor website now has its own sort setting: by year, by role size, alphabetically, or manual, where you drag them into place.

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From the blog · Mar 15, 2025
Credits and Filmography, Reorganized

Credits on your actor website are now grouped by medium, and the form for adding one has been rewritten around the fields the industry actually uses.