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Report Summary

  • 62

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    76% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

dover.nh.gov

City of Dover, NH - Official Website

Page Load Speed

856 ms in total

First Response

132 ms

Resources Loaded

546 ms

Page Rendered

178 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Dover.nh.gov page load time and found that the first response time was 132 ms and then it took 724 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 15% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

dover.nh.gov performance score

62

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.7 s

61/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

67/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.6 s

86/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value640 ms

47/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.019

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.4 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

dover.nh.gov

132 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

25 ms

doverUpcomingEvents.css

21 ms

font-awesome.min.css

19 ms

styles.css

25 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Dover.nh.gov, 4% (2 requests) were made to Themes.googleusercontent.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (279 ms) belongs to the original domain Dover.nh.gov.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 866.4 kB (28%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

2.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Dover.nh.gov main page is 3.1 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 2.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 74.1 kB

  • Original 87.2 kB
  • After minification 85.7 kB
  • After compression 13.1 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 74.1 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 70.5 kB

  • Original 2.0 MB
  • After minification 1.9 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Dover NH images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 674.3 kB

  • Original 911.0 kB
  • After minification 909.1 kB
  • After compression 236.7 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 674.3 kB or 74% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-74%

Potential reduce by 47.6 kB

  • Original 64.4 kB
  • After minification 57.3 kB
  • After compression 16.8 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Dover.nh.gov needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 47.6 kB or 74% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 15 (33%)

Requests Now

46

After Optimization

31

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 46 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Dover NH. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

dover.nh.gov

dover.nh.gov

132 ms

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

jquery-ui-1.8.9.custom.css

25 ms

doverUpcomingEvents.css

doverUpcomingEvents.css

21 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

19 ms

styles.css

styles.css

25 ms

perc_region.css

perc_region.css

21 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

28 ms

www.dover.nh.gov_1.css

www.dover.nh.gov_1.css

23 ms

js

js

89 ms

jquery.superLabels.min.js

jquery.superLabels.min.js

8 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

45 ms

site.js

site.js

45 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

50 ms

moment.min.js

moment.min.js

50 ms

PercGlobalVariables.js

PercGlobalVariables.js

45 ms

jquery.cookie.min.js

jquery.cookie.min.js

48 ms

perc_common_ui_slim.js

perc_common_ui_slim.js

48 ms

perc_common_ui.js

perc_common_ui.js

87 ms

bg_body.gif

bg_body.gif

79 ms

mobile_menu_icon.png

mobile_menu_icon.png

80 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

80 ms

graphic_header_download.gif

graphic_header_download.gif

79 ms

graphic_search_btn.gif

graphic_search_btn.gif

80 ms

graphic_nav_bg.png

graphic_nav_bg.png

80 ms

graphic_nav_sep.gif

graphic_nav_sep.gif

80 ms

graphic_social_sprite.png

graphic_social_sprite.png

81 ms

graphic_search_btn.gif

graphic_search_btn.gif

81 ms

graphic_nav_sep_contact.gif

graphic_nav_sep_contact.gif

82 ms

graphic_nav_bg_contact.png

graphic_nav_bg_contact.png

82 ms

graphic_nav_contact_arrow.png

graphic_nav_contact_arrow.png

82 ms

graphic_nav_contact_down_hover.png

graphic_nav_contact_down_hover.png

130 ms

FIREWORKS2024.jpg

FIREWORKS2024.jpg

133 ms

temp_slide_bg.jpg

temp_slide_bg.jpg

130 ms

DoverMain2.jpg

DoverMain2.jpg

131 ms

DoverMain3.jpg

DoverMain3.jpg

134 ms

DoverMain4.jpg

DoverMain4.jpg

130 ms

DoverMain5.jpg

DoverMain5.jpg

131 ms

latestvideo3.jpg

latestvideo3.jpg

136 ms

PLANBOARD06252024.png

PLANBOARD06252024.png

130 ms

dntvstream2.jpg

dntvstream2.jpg

132 ms

graphic_bucket_charter.jpg

graphic_bucket_charter.jpg

133 ms

graphic_bucket_docs.jpg

graphic_bucket_docs.jpg

134 ms

graphic_bucket_o_gov.jpg

graphic_bucket_o_gov.jpg

134 ms

PAYMENT_BUTTON_07.jpg

PAYMENT_BUTTON_07.jpg

134 ms

graphic_cal_heading.gif

graphic_cal_heading.gif

134 ms

v0SdcGFAl2aezM9Vq_aFTQ.ttf

v0SdcGFAl2aezM9Vq_aFTQ.ttf

159 ms

DvlFBScY1r-FMtZSYIYoYw.ttf

DvlFBScY1r-FMtZSYIYoYw.ttf

216 ms

getEvents.php

getEvents.php

279 ms

weather

weather

48 ms

PercGlobalVariablesData.js

PercGlobalVariablesData.js

19 ms

get

get

117 ms

gnuolane_rg-webfont.woff

gnuolane_rg-webfont.woff

9 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

12 ms

graphic_slide_cap_bg.png

graphic_slide_cap_bg.png

11 ms

bg_direction_nav.png

bg_direction_nav.png

8 ms

02d.png

02d.png

197 ms

Accessibility Review

dover.nh.gov accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

dover.nh.gov best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

dover.nh.gov SEO score

75

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Dover.nh.gov can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Dover.nh.gov main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

dover.nh.gov

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Dover NH. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: