New Website in progress

December 18, 2025

This is a test e-newsletter that I’ve created from a blog post.

Hello all,

As you may or may not know, we are currently rebuilding our website using the Squarespace platform. We aim to have the new site ready for a soft launch in the summer of 2026. Because migrating members’ portfolios and website information must be done manually, setting up individual portfolios is a slow process.

Benefits

The new website will centralise everything in one place: newsletters, membership subscriptions, and payments. Members will receive reminders when their subscriptions are due and can choose to pay monthly or yearly.

Please note that members will no longer be able to edit their own portfolios directly. Instead, any updates to images or text will need to be submitted through a form on the website, which we will provide. This change allows us to offer more portfolio images and support higher resolution images than on the old site.

Thank you for your understanding and patience during this transition.

Some Features

• Jobs Board for members

• Up to 24 images for professional members

• Up to 12 images for establishing

• Each month, professional members will be featured on the home page and in the newsletter/blog

• Automated payment system

• Videos

• Members-only page

View the website work in progress

If you want to see the website being built, you can view it here:

www.illustratorsau.com

The login is: illustratorsoz

We need your help

If anyone is able to help with setting up portfolios, please let us know.

Screenshots from the website