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Report Summary

  • 35

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 81

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 51% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 78

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    39% of websites

localgovernmentcouncil.org

Welcome to the Central Virginia Planning District Commission - Central Virginia Planning District Commission

Page Load Speed

1.2 sec in total

First Response

113 ms

Resources Loaded

1 sec

Page Rendered

72 ms

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About Website

Visit localgovernmentcouncil.org now to see the best up-to-date Localgovernmentcouncil content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about localgovernmentcouncil.org

The Central Virginia Planning District Commission (CVPDC) is the Planning District Commission for the approximate 2,000 square miles that surround Central VA.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Localgovernmentcouncil.org page load time and found that the first response time was 113 ms and then it took 1.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

localgovernmentcouncil.org performance score

35

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

11/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value20.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.1 s

31/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value590 ms

50/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.051

99/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.5 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

localgovernmentcouncil.org

113 ms

www.cvpdc.org

256 ms

awesomplete.css

44 ms

joomla-alert.min.css

68 ms

dflip.css

70 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Localgovernmentcouncil.org, 91% (68 requests) were made to Cvpdc.org and 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (256 ms) relates to the external source Cvpdc.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 81.2 kB (3%)

Content Size

2.9 MB

After Optimization

2.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Localgovernmentcouncil.org main page is 2.9 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 75.8 kB

  • Original 93.1 kB
  • After minification 84.2 kB
  • After compression 17.3 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 75.8 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 5.3 kB

  • Original 2.7 MB
  • After minification 2.7 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. Localgovernmentcouncil images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 133 B

  • Original 58.9 kB
  • After minification 58.8 kB
  • After compression 58.7 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 12 B

  • Original 970 B
  • After minification 970 B
  • After compression 958 B

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. Localgovernmentcouncil.org has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 50 (71%)

Requests Now

70

After Optimization

20

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 70 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Localgovernmentcouncil. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 32 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 20 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

localgovernmentcouncil.org

localgovernmentcouncil.org

113 ms

www.cvpdc.org

www.cvpdc.org

256 ms

awesomplete.css

awesomplete.css

44 ms

joomla-alert.min.css

joomla-alert.min.css

68 ms

dflip.css

dflip.css

70 ms

themify-icons.css

themify-icons.css

69 ms

jwcmodal.css

jwcmodal.css

72 ms

modstyle.css

modstyle.css

72 ms

style.css

style.css

72 ms

site.css

site.css

94 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

114 ms

jquery-noconflict.min.js

jquery-noconflict.min.js

93 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

103 ms

alert.min.js

alert.min.js

103 ms

button.min.js

button.min.js

101 ms

carousel.min.js

carousel.min.js

122 ms

collapse.min.js

collapse.min.js

123 ms

dropdown.min.js

dropdown.min.js

123 ms

modal.min.js

modal.min.js

124 ms

offcanvas.min.js

offcanvas.min.js

123 ms

popover.min.js

popover.min.js

137 ms

scrollspy.min.js

scrollspy.min.js

138 ms

tab.min.js

tab.min.js

140 ms

toast.min.js

toast.min.js

140 ms

menu.min.js

menu.min.js

139 ms

awesomplete.min.js

awesomplete.min.js

140 ms

finder.min.js

finder.min.js

159 ms

messages.min.js

messages.min.js

160 ms

dflip.min.js

dflip.min.js

167 ms

jquery-ui-addons.js

jquery-ui-addons.js

187 ms

jwcmodal.js

jwcmodal.js

163 ms

masonry.pkgd.js

masonry.pkgd.js

189 ms

maps.js

maps.js

182 ms

uikit.min.js

uikit.min.js

211 ms

uikit-icons.min.js

uikit-icons.min.js

212 ms

jd.gallery.jquery.js

jd.gallery.jquery.js

193 ms

jd.gallery.transitions.jquery.js

jd.gallery.transitions.jquery.js

205 ms

js

js

72 ms

css

css

30 ms

css

css

49 ms

bootstrap-default-min.css

bootstrap-default-min.css

218 ms

bootstrap-responsive.css

bootstrap-responsive.css

193 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

175 ms

font-awesome-ie7.min.css

font-awesome-ie7.min.css

184 ms

ionicons.min.css

ionicons.min.css

173 ms

s5_flex_menu.css

s5_flex_menu.css

175 ms

template.css

template.css

175 ms

editor.css

editor.css

155 ms

thirdparty.css

thirdparty.css

161 ms

jwccustom.css

jwccustom.css

159 ms

s5imagecontent.css

s5imagecontent.css

160 ms

s5_flex_menu-min.js

s5_flex_menu-min.js

164 ms

custom-script.js

custom-script.js

142 ms

scrollReveal-min.js

scrollReveal-min.js

159 ms

CVPDC_logo2024H_cmyk.svg

CVPDC_logo2024H_cmyk.svg

36 ms

website_banner_2.jpg

website_banner_2.jpg

200 ms

vapdc-elections-dwayne-tuggle-elected-board-president.jpg

vapdc-elections-dwayne-tuggle-elected-board-president.jpg

62 ms

flood-resilience-central-va-cvpdc-public-notice.jpg

flood-resilience-central-va-cvpdc-public-notice.jpg

204 ms

Public-Hearing-Graphic-8-16-24-full.jpg

Public-Hearing-Graphic-8-16-24-full.jpg

116 ms

central-va-planning-district-commission-cvpdc-board-officers-2024-25.jpg

central-va-planning-district-commission-cvpdc-board-officers-2024-25.jpg

116 ms

press-release-New-Possibilities-on-the-Horizon-for-Historic-Downtown-Lynchburg-12th-Street.jpg

press-release-New-Possibilities-on-the-Horizon-for-Historic-Downtown-Lynchburg-12th-Street.jpg

155 ms

cvpdc-central-va-request-for-proposals.jpg

cvpdc-central-va-request-for-proposals.jpg

126 ms

VAPDC-logo-0619.jpg

VAPDC-logo-0619.jpg

127 ms

font

font

29 ms

ionicons.ttf

ionicons.ttf

88 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

114 ms

font

font

40 ms

central-va-planning-district-commission_lyncbhurg.jpg

central-va-planning-district-commission_lyncbhurg.jpg

76 ms

bedford-va_central-va-pdc.jpg

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76 ms

grant_management.jpg

grant_management.jpg

125 ms

james-river-web.jpg

james-river-web.jpg

167 ms

appomattox-town-land-use.jpg

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126 ms

town-of-appomattox_central-va-pdc.jpg

town-of-appomattox_central-va-pdc.jpg

125 ms

s5_scroll_arrow.png

s5_scroll_arrow.png

78 ms

app.js

app.js

100 ms

Accessibility Review

localgovernmentcouncil.org accessibility score

81

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

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

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

localgovernmentcouncil.org best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

localgovernmentcouncil.org SEO score

78

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 Localgovernmentcouncil.org 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 Localgovernmentcouncil.org 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

localgovernmentcouncil.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Localgovernmentcouncil. 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: