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 16, 2025
Referral Tracking for QR Cards

Your dashboard now shows scans of your QR card: total, over time, and how many went on to look at more than one page.

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From the blog · Aug 9, 2025
Print-Ready QR Cards

The card download now produces a genuine print file rather than a screen image: full bleed, crop marks, 300 dots per inch, and both standard sizes.

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From the blog · Aug 2, 2025
Claim Your QR Card and Refer a Friend

Your QR card now carries your referral link as well as your website. If another actor scans it, follows the link and builds a site, credit lands on your account.

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From the blog · Jul 26, 2025
QR Business Cards for Actors

You can now generate a business card carrying a QR code that opens your actor website. Design it in the admin, download a print-ready file, or use the digital version as a link.

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From the blog · Jul 19, 2025
Push Your Signature Straight to Gmail

If you use Gmail, your signature can now be installed directly from the builder. Authorize once, press a button, and it is in your account.

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From the blog · Jul 12, 2025
Photo Overlays and Shapes

The signature photograph now has treatment options: a border in your accent color, a soft duotone overlay, a rounded rectangle mask, and the circle covered in circular photos.

A round gold mirror on a dark interior wall
From the blog · Jul 5, 2025
Circular Photos in Your Signature

Every signature layout with a photograph now offers a circular crop as well as a square one. It sounds like a checkbox. It took considerably longer than a checkbox.

A clean diagonal split of blue and white
From the blog · Jun 28, 2025
The Final Two Modernist Signature Layouts

The last two layouts are live, which completes the set of eight in the signature builder. Portrait Right Text on the left, photograph on the right.

A grid of pastel color blocks
From the blog · Jun 28, 2025
Two More Signature Layouts

Two further layouts are live in the signature builder, bringing the set to six. Grid Cells Contact details arranged in two columns of small labeled cells rather than a run of lines.

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From the blog · Jun 21, 2025
Two New Signature Layouts

Two more layouts have been added to the signature builder. Both use a horizontal rule as their organizing element, which turns out to be the most reliable piece of structure available in an email client.

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From the blog · Jun 14, 2025
Introducing the Email Signature Builder

There is a new tool in your admin that builds an email signature from the profile you have already filled in: your name, your headshot, your links, your representation.

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From the blog · Jun 7, 2025
Default Logos for Press Outlets

When you add a press item and name the outlet, its logo now appears next to it automatically. You do not need to find one, crop one, or worry about whether the version you found is current.