Google Lighthouse Mobile Optimised Web Design and Website Development for DPH Legal

We have been working with Reading based employment law practice DPH Legal; rebuilding their WordPress website and CMS with a focus on page speed using Google Lighthouse Mobile Optimised Web Development best practices.

Founded by David Harris in January 2011, DPH Legal is a niche employment law practice based in Reading, Berkshire. DPH Legal acts for employers and individuals across the UK in relation to the full spectrum of employment law issues. Before forming DPH Legal, David was a partner in the employment team at Darbys Solicitors LLP in Oxford. Prior to this David practised at Manches LLP, a leading commercial law firm.

Google Lighthouse Mobile Optimised Web Development for the new DPH Legal website has included:

• Custom written JavaScript without the need for an external library, deferring where possible
• Externalised required JavaScript for Google AdWords and Google Analytics to Google Tag Manager (GTM)
• Transferred web hosting to http/2
• Incorporated a CDN for image assets
• Moved images to the SVG file format where appropriate
• Custom written CSS with no predefined grid or layouts
• CSS and JavaScript Optimisation
• CSS and JavaScript Minification
• Retained and optimised Google Maps, Live Chat, and Review Widget

Google Lighthouse Mobile Performance Scores following our website rebuild and optimisation:

• Performance: 99/100
• Accessibility: 97/100
• Best Practices: 92/100
• SEO: 91/100

Google Lighthouse Mobile Performance Metrics following our website rebuild and optimisation:

• First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
• Time to interactive: 1.2 s
• Speed Index: 1.2 s
• Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
• Largest Contentful Paint: 1.9 s
• Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.062

The new DPH Legal website has been developed upon the WordPress Content Management System (CMS). We developed a ground up customised WordPress CMS and WordPress Theme to DPH Legal website's requirements. Following the DPH Legal website going live; the WordPress CMS allows the team at DPH Legal to quickly and easily login to add new pages, images, and copy.

The new DPH Legal website also offers visitors a Mobile First Responsive Web Design (RWD) allowing for the DPH Legal website's content to be optimised for mobile interaction and predictably delivered irrespective of device. The addition of custom mobile device navigation results in a highly optimised browsing experience.

The DPH Legal website is being hosted on our Managed WordPress Hosting which runs on UK based Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, includes a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and offers multiple UK availability zones designed and managed in alignment with best security practices and IT security standards. This all provides a fast, secure, and reliable hosting platform for the new DPH Legal website.

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