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Performance

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Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

RequestCache TTLTransfer Size
s.ntv.io/serve/load.js3600.0 s251.1 KiB
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js14400.0 s132.6 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js1200.0 s96.6 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/marfeel-sdk.js?id=28731800.0 s61.7 KiB
cdn.p-n.io/pushly-sdk.min.js?domain_key=e6PZEX0NRDsJhzQFzIAEqkLtnLomc4AooW1E300.0 s45.8 KiB
/signals/config/911608796512704?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain...1200.0 s47.6 KiB
js.hs-analytics.net/analytics/1776901200000/4286221.js300.0 s43.2 KiB
cdn.blueconic.net/postandcourier.js600.0 s41.1 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js3600.0 s38.1 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js3600.0 s38.1 KiB
/analytics.js/v1/N4fBVOicgUFz4iwge6yVvB9PJGQcEwtp/analyti...120.0 s30.0 KiB
/shared-content/art/tncms/api/access.bc44532080f114b4be74.js600.0 s31.0 KiB
js.hubspot.com/web-interactives-embed.js600.0 s28.0 KiB
js.hs-banner.com/v2/4286221/banner.js300.0 s24.1 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/47bd3e88b6bda15c34ce.js3600.0 s24.4 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/0f5441556c44c47eb6e4.js3600.0 s23.7 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/adsense/m202604200101/show_ads_impl_fy...1209600.0 s177.5 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.cce.js3600.0 s6.8 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/ari.js3600.0 s6.3 KiB
experience.piano.io/xbuilder/experience/load?aid=XbtscClvMf1800.0 s5.1 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/compass-multimedia-sdk.js?version=22623600.0 s4.3 KiB
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/stats/common/tracker.js600.0 s3.4 KiB
/qVzuGfpymvhYjg8i6ztOZ4eD_KaU8LdVXGlwM-65FksUcX_wkz8p8pTt...86400.0 s6.5 KiB
www.npttech.com/advertising.js28800.0 s3.0 KiB
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/user/user.js600.0 s1.8 KiB
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/tracking.js600.0 s1.4 KiB
rum-static.pingdom.net/pa-5dcd60b39623b000080007e4.js86400.0 s2.9 KiB
pm-widget.taboola.com/postandcourier-publisher/load.js3600.0 s1.4 KiB
js.hs-scripts.com/4286221.js90.0 s1.0 KiB
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/api/csrf.js600.0 s796 B
/consent/check/F5NFAXW5EBFXVBGQB5QSMY?pv=17590323654.1884...0.0 ms653 B
/Repo/rep.gif?ver=3.3.0&typ=pgv&rnd=moap52pc3i50l3vb&sid=...0.0 ms412 B
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/api2/logo_48.png604800.0 s2.3 KiB
/tr/?id=911608796512704&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....0.0 ms19 B
/p.css?s=1&k=ipw6blv&ht=tk&f=5562.17007.17014.17017.29408...604800.0 s172 B
/tr/?id=911608796512704&ev=BlueConic&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww...0.0 ms16 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLEst Savings
cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff285 ms
/s/opensans/v40/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu...65 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff245 ms
/af/9f2f2a/00000000000000003b9acf30/27/l?primer=7cdcb44be...30 ms
/af/5b7343/000000000000000000012afd/27/l?primer=7cdcb44be...15 ms
/af/a35a1c/000000000000000000012af9/27/l?primer=7cdcb44be...15 ms
/af/0546f6/00000000000000003b9af2f6/27/l?primer=7cdcb44be...15 ms
/af/9afe61/00000000000000003b9ae125/27/l?primer=7cdcb44be...5.0 ms

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:61.319 source:map[column:1707 line:7 type:source-location url:https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/plugins/resources/scripts/common.08a61544f369cc43bf02e71b2d10d49f.js urlProvider:network]]]
headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:61.319 source:map[column:3281 line:6 type:source-location url:https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/plugins/resources/scripts/common.08a61544f369cc43bf02e71b2d10d49f.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:66.913 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:1.265 source:map[column:628 line:0 type:source-location url:https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/template/resources/scripts/tnt.regions.e7df22f20c42105cce5864da9e346f48.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.113 source:map[column:219 line:5784 type:source-location url:https://www.postandcourier.com/ urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.41 source:map[column:86058 line:51 type:source-location url:https://js.hs-analytics.net/analytics/1776901200000/4286221.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.233 source:map[column:327363 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.042 source:map[column:423201 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/postandcourier-publisher/loader.js urlProvider:network]]]

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG
nodeLabel: Citadel Alumni Association bans North Carolina-based affiliate club over playin…
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,14,DIV,1,DIV,6,DIV,1,SECTION,2,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,ARTICLE,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,FIGURE,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG
selector: figure.photo > div.image > a.tnt-asset-link > img.img-responsive
snippet: <img src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tn…" alt="Citadel Alumni Association bans North Carolina-based affiliate club over p…" class="img-responsive full default lazyautosizes lazyloaded" width="1706" height="960" data-sizes="auto" data-srcset="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tn…" sizes="730px" srcset="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tn…">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.
description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTransfer SizeDuration
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/stats/common/tracker.js3.4 KiB
www.postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/tracking.js1.4 KiB
fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Montserrat:wght@400;600;700&display=swap1.1 KiB283 ms
/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/live/global/resources/s...122 B
cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css15.5 KiB320 ms
/p.css?s=1&k=ipw6blv&ht=tk&f=5562.17007.17014.17017.29408...172 B202 ms
use.typekit.net/ipw6blv.css1.3 KiB209 ms
/recaptcha/enterprise.js?render=6LdF3BEhAAAAAEQUmLciJe0Qw...1.1 KiB308 ms
/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/li...37.7 KiB87 ms
/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/li...318 B

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
section#block-1822934 > div.block > a > img.img-responsive section#block-1822934 > div.block > a > img.img-responsive
/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/custom/image/4cbe2e02-7...35.2 KiB29.2 KiB
Gas prices could stay above $3 for a year. These SC programs will cut your cost… figure.photo > div.image > a.tnt-asset-link > img.img-responsive
/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/4...7.7 KiB4.0 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 491 ms
URLTime Spent
postandcourier.com/491 ms
www.postandcourier.com/0.0 ms

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 40 ms 80.0 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/li...33.9 KiB32.2 KiB
/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/li...21.0 KiB18.5 KiB
cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css14.9 KiB14.8 KiB
.fc-consent-root .fc-cutout-background { background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; … } …17.0 KiB14.5 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTotal CPU TimeScript EvaluationScript Parse
Unattributable382 ms14 ms0.0 ms
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js369 ms310 ms19 ms
cdn.p-n.io/pushly-sdk.min.js?domain_key=e6PZEX0NRDsJhzQFzIAEqkLtnLomc4AooW1E299 ms273 ms3.6 ms
www.postandcourier.com/249 ms23 ms12 ms
/postandcourier.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/li...237 ms125 ms0.9 ms
js.hs-analytics.net/analytics/1776901200000/4286221.js134 ms108 ms2.7 ms
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js128 ms108 ms8.2 ms
n757.postandcourier.com/script.js125 ms114 ms2.6 ms
/f/AGSKWxXcCJl_zjszVlTTY8SA9w-A4VFkVtehQc25vf7QsiXQ7CLua6...121 ms91 ms8.4 ms
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js105 ms71 ms2.4 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604200101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...104 ms75 ms12 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-813R8SE3YF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1103 ms90 ms12 ms
pm-widget.taboola.com/postandcourier-publisher/pmk-20220605.1.js99 ms97 ms1.4 ms
s.ntv.io/serve/load.js92 ms60 ms20 ms
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/postandcourier-publisher/loader.js90 ms60 ms29 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WXMV2VZ&gtm=4e64k172 ms63 ms8.1 ms
sdk.mrf.io/statics/marfeel-sdk.js?id=287365 ms59 ms0.2 ms
/signals/config/911608796512704?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain...64 ms50 ms3.6 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CS7WCN5V32&cx=c&gtm=4e64k163 ms54 ms8.3 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

CategoryTime Spent
Script Evaluation2.4 s
Other492 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation273 ms
Style & Layout244 ms
Garbage Collection99 ms
Rendering62 ms
Parse HTML & CSS58 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
The page has an unload handler in the main frame.Actionable

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 1.9 MiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/postandcourier-publisher/loader.js315.6 KiB229.9 KiB
s.ntv.io/serve/load.js250.4 KiB190.5 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js361.8 KiB176.9 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/adsense/m202604200101/show_ads_impl_fy...177.5 KiB150.9 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604200101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...187.7 KiB127.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-MBDZCSRXEC&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1176.8 KiB113.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2148.0 KiB80.7 KiB
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js132.1 KiB76.2 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-5MTD44X&gtm=4e64k1120.5 KiB66.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-MBDZCSRXEC176.8 KiB66.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PDQV3N121.3 KiB64.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CS7WCN5V32&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1158.4 KiB63.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-4T2EB147B8&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1152.6 KiB62.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PK6P9BW&gtm=4e64k1127.3 KiB57.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-813R8SE3YF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1180.1 KiB57.4 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WXMV2VZ&gtm=4e64k1134.7 KiB52.3 KiB
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/142953540?ers=368.7 KiB36.3 KiB
cdn.blueconic.net/postandcourier.js40.6 KiB32.8 KiB
/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-354724080357897154.1 KiB31.3 KiB
n757.postandcourier.com/plugin/library/62bb2d5e166d2ef0f2e0fc9e8f92e34d44.9 KiB29.3 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js96.5 KiB28.9 KiB
/shared-content/art/tncms/api/access.bc44532080f114b4be74.js30.8 KiB25.2 KiB
n757.postandcourier.com/plugin/plugin/99ec9dc9a07a36d9f4c9c9bbb77b2be339.2 KiB24.0 KiB
s.adroll.com/j/F5NFAXW5EBFXVBGQB5QSMY/roundtrip.js29.8 KiB23.2 KiB
cdn.cxense.com/cx.js37.5 KiB21.7 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/47bd3e88b6bda15c34ce.js23.9 KiB21.7 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/0f5441556c44c47eb6e4.js23.2 KiB21.4 KiB
sdk.mrf.io/statics/marfeel-sdk.js?id=287361.4 KiB21.1 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTransfer Size
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js361.9 KiB
cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/postandcourier-publisher/loader.js316.1 KiB
s.ntv.io/serve/load.js251.1 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604200101/pubads_impl.js?cb=31...187.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-813R8SE3YF&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1180.1 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/adsense/m202604200101/show_ads_impl_fy...177.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-MBDZCSRXEC&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1176.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-MBDZCSRXEC176.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CS7WCN5V32&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1158.4 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
Arts and Culture Calendar div.block-title > div#img-wrap > a > img
/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/media/6/4f/64...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Max Potential First Input Delay 100 ms
●Layout shift culprits
●Optimize DOM size
●LCP breakdown
●Modern HTTP
●Optimize viewport for mobile
●Minify CSS
●Minify JavaScript
●User Timing marks and measures 24 user timings
●Avoid long main-thread tasks 8 long tasks found
●Network Requests
●Network Round Trip Times 180 ms
●Server Backend Latencies 300 ms
●Tasks
●Diagnostics
●Metrics
●Screenshot Thumbnails
●Final Screenshot
●Script Treemap Data
●Resources Summary
●Initial server response time was short Root document took 100 ms
●Avoid large layout shifts 4 layout shifts found
○INP breakdown
○Avoid non-composited animations
90

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Subscribe ul#main-nav-right-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link > span.nav-label
CRIME div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
NEWS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
CHARLESTON LOCAL NEWS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
NEWS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
INDUSTRY div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
BUSINESS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
EDITORIALS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
ARTS & CULTURE LAB div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
CHARLESTON SCENE div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
RETAIL div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
CLEMSON TIGERS SPORTS div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-section > a.tnt-section-tag
PAID PRESS RELEASE div.card-body > div.card-labels > div.card-label-flags > span.tnt-flag
Learn more div.fc-dialog-content > div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > button.fc-faq-header > span.fc-faq-label
List of partners. div.fc-dialog-scrollable-content > div.fc-footer > p > a.fc-vendors-list-dialog
Manage options div.fc-dialog > div.fc-footer-buttons-container > button.fc-button > p.fc-manage-options-third-button-label

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div#tncms-block-1822934 > section#block-1822934 > div.block > a div#tncms-block-1822934 > section#block-1822934 > div.block > a
div#tncms-block-494181 > section#block-494181 > div.block > a div#tncms-block-494181 > section#block-494181 > div.block > a

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.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
About div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Staff div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Mobile apps div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Newsletters div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Subscription Offers div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Frequently Asked Questions div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Place an ad div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Advertising rates div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Editorial div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Classifieds div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Join the Team div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
AI Policy div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-one-nav > ul#footer-col-one-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Aiken Standard - Aiken, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Georgetown Times - Georgetown, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
The Berkeley Independent - Moncks Corner, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Journal Scene - Summerville, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Moultrie News - Mount Pleasant, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
The Star - North Augusta, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Free Times - Columbia, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Kingstree News - Kingstree, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link
Evening Post Books - Charleston, SC div#tncms-region-nav-footer-col-two-nav > ul#footer-col-two-nav_menu > li > a.nav-link

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
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○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
○The page has a logical tab order
○Visual order on the page follows DOM order
○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
○Custom controls have associated labels
○Custom controls have ARIA roles
●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
●`[role]` values are valid
●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
●Buttons have an accessible name
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Form elements have associated labels
●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
●Skip links are focusable.
●Document has a main landmark.
●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
●Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
●Identical links have the same purpose.
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
○ARIA input fields have accessible names
○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
○ARIA IDs are unique
○No form fields have multiple labels
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
○Input buttons have discernible text.
○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
○`<object>` elements have alternate text
○Select elements have associated label elements.
○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
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Best Practices

Trust and Safety

Users are mistrustful of or confused by sites that request to send notifications without context. Consider tying the request to user gestures instead. Learn more about responsibly getting permission for notifications.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source
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General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
AttributionReporting
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769
Specifying overflow: visible on img, video and canvas tags may cause them to produce visual content outside of the element bounds. See https://github.com/WICG/shared-element-transitions/blob/main/debugging_overflow_on_images.md.
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SharedStorage
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Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.
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Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

SourceDescription
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Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()
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Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
www.postandcourier.com/tncms/csrf/token/
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 429 ()
ReferenceError: townnews is not defined at <anonymous>:1:97 at https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:834:429 at vR (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:836:31) at Nd.uR (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:833:92) at Nd.<anonymous> (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:270:187) at k.apply (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:199:466) at gb (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:162:719) at fb (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:162:470) at Nd.<anonymous> (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:223:473) at k.apply (https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K4R8MN2:199:466)
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Uncaught (in promise) SyntaxError: Unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON at position 1 (line 1 column 2)
●Uses HTTPS
●Avoids third-party cookies
●Allows users to paste into input fields
●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
●Displays images with correct aspect ratio
●Serves images with appropriate resolution
●Page has the HTML doctype
●Properly defines charset
●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
●Use a strong HSTS policy
●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
●Detected JavaScript libraries
●Page has valid source maps
○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
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SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
Post and Courier News div.panel > div.panel-heading > div.panel-title > a.nav-link
Advertising Initiatives div.panel > div.panel-heading > div.panel-title > a.nav-link
More div.panel > div.panel-heading > div.panel-title > a.nav-link

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

○Structured data is valid
●Page isn’t blocked from indexing
●Document has a `<title>` element
●Document has a meta description
●Page has successful HTTP status code
●Links have descriptive text
●robots.txt is valid
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Document has a valid `hreflang`
●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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