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 30, 2026
How a Password Reset Reaches You

You click Forgot Password, the page says the email is on its way, and nothing appears in your inbox.

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From the blog · May 27, 2026
What Past Due Actually Means

When a card on file expires, the payment gateway retries on a schedule rather than giving up immediately.

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From the blog · May 23, 2026
Favicons Generated From Your Initials

Every site now has a favicon: the small icon in a browser tab, a bookmark and a phone home screen.

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From the blog · May 20, 2026
The Links Page, Rebuilt Compact

The social links list runs to about thirty rows, stacked two to a line.

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From the blog · May 16, 2026
Automatic Sitemaps

Your actor website now generates and maintains its own sitemap. Add a page and it appears in it. Change a page and its date updates. Hide a page and it comes out.

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From the blog · May 13, 2026
Two Add-Ons Unlock Everything

The rule, in full: Two or more add-ons gets you every tool on the platform, including ones that do not exist yet. Exactly one gets you the tool that add-on is for.

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From the blog · May 9, 2026
Presskit Pages for Every Actor

Every account now has a press kit page, built automatically from material already on your site.

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From the blog · May 6, 2026
How a Design Reads Your Account

A design in the catalog is a purchased theme with your account wired into it. That wiring is the work.

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From the blog · May 2, 2026
Apple Maps on Your Contact Page

Contact pages can now carry a map. It uses Apple's mapping service, which for our purposes has two advantages: it does not require you to create an account with anybody, and it does not load a tracking script onto your visitors.

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From the blog · Apr 29, 2026
How a Design Gets Into the Catalog

Most designs in the catalog begin life as a purchased theme. A theme is a set of HTML pages with a stylesheet, sold to whoever wants it, and in that state it is not a design you could use.

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From the blog · Apr 25, 2026
Connect Your Own Domain

If you own a domain, you can point it at your actor website. Add it in your settings, make one change at your registrar, and it goes live once the change propagates.

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From the blog · Apr 18, 2026
Domain Availability Checker

There is a domain checker in your admin now. Type a name, see whether it is available across the extensions worth having, and get alternatives when it is not.