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 · Mar 8, 2025
Print-Ready Headshot Downloads

You can now mark individual photographs as downloadable. A small download control appears on those images, and clicking it delivers the full resolution original rather than the web-sized copy.

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From the blog · Mar 1, 2025
Automatic Image Resizing on Upload

Photo upload on your free actor website now accepts whatever you have and sorts it out on the way in.

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From the blog · Feb 22, 2025
Faster Images on Every Free Actor Website

Every image on your actor website is now delivered in the best format the visitor's browser can accept.

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From the blog · Feb 15, 2025
Image Hosting Moves to a Global CDN

Every image on every free actor website has been moved onto a global delivery network.

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From the blog · Feb 8, 2025
Lightbox Viewing on Every Template

Every design in the catalog now has the same photo viewer. Click a thumbnail, the image opens over the page at full size, and you can move through the gallery with arrow keys, a swipe or the on-screen controls.

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From the blog · Feb 8, 2025
Headshot Galleries That Load Faster

Photo pages were the slowest thing on an actor portfolio website. They are not any more.

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From the blog · Feb 1, 2025
Longer SoundCloud Sessions

Connecting SoundCloud to your website is a one-time action, and it is supposed to stay done.

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From the blog · Jan 25, 2025
Connecting SoundCloud to Your Site

If your audio already lives on SoundCloud, you can now connect the account to your actor website once and have your tracks appear here automatically. Upload there, and it shows up here.

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From the blog · Jan 18, 2025
Audio Playlists for Voice Actors

Audio on a voice actor website can now be grouped into named playlists. Each one gets its own player, its own heading, and its own place in your page order.

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From the blog · Jan 11, 2025
Put Your Reel Front and Center

Mark any video as featured and it moves to the top of your video page, full width, ahead of everything else.

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From the blog · Jan 4, 2025
Video Galleries Get a New Layout

The video pages on every design have been rebuilt. Same videos, new layout: a large primary player, a clean list of everything else, and a page that no longer takes four seconds to appear on a phone.

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From the blog · Dec 28, 2024
Build as Many Photo Galleries as You Need

Following on from photo categories, you can now build as many separate galleries as you want on your actor portfolio website, each with its own page or grouped onto one.