Site review · Marlow Tea Co. (fictional)
Ranked fixes
Eleven changes, sorted by how much they help real visitors. Start at the top: each one is small enough to finish in a day or less.
Fix this week
Hurts most visitors today3 of 3 fixed- 01P1Performance1 hreffort+14pointsFixed
Compress and resize the home page hero image
The hero photo is 2.4 MB and drawn three times larger than it appears on screen.
- 02P1Accessibility2 hrseffort+9pointsFixed
Add text labels to the booking form fields
Screen readers announce each field as "edit text" because the labels are only placeholders.
- 03P1Accessibility30 mineffort+6pointsFixed
Darken the pale grey body text
Contrast is 3.1 to 1 on white; the guideline asks for at least 4.5 to 1.
Fix this month
Noticeable, not urgent3 of 5 fixed- 04P2Performance3 hrseffort+8pointsFixed
Load the chat widget after the page is ready
The widget holds up the main thread for about 1.1 seconds on first load.
- 05P2Performance1 hreffort+5pointsFixed
Reserve space for every image
Text jumps down the page when pictures arrive. Set width and height on each one.
- 06P2Accessibility2 hrseffort+4pointsFixed
Add visible keyboard focus outlines
Tabbing through the menu shows no outline, so keyboard users lose their place.
- 07P2Performance2 hrseffort+3pointsOpen
Preload the two main fonts
Text flashes in a fallback font for a moment before the brand font loads.
- 08P2Accessibility1 hreffort+2pointsOpen
Put service page headings in order
Headings jump from level 1 to level 4, which confuses page outlines.
Plan for next quarter
Worth doing, can wait0 of 3 fixed- 09P3Accessibility1 dayeffort+3pointsOpen
Replace the auto-rotating banner with a static one
Moving content cannot be paused, and it hides the offer most visitors came for.
- 10P3Search2 hrseffort+2pointsOpen
Add opening hours to the page data
Search results cannot show the shop hours, so people call to ask.
- 11P3Performance1 hreffort+2pointsOpen
Cache unchanging files for a year
Returning visitors download the same logo and styles on every visit.