Structured Data, Social Previews, Faster Pages and Accessibility Work Across the Opensolr Site

· Performance & SEO · New Feature · All updates

A round of work on how Opensolr pages are found, shared, loaded and read. Nothing here changes how the product behaves — it changes how the website behaves around it.

01 How pages appear elsewhere

  • Structured data. Blog posts and FAQ pages now include structured data, so Google can render richer results for them.
  • Social previews. Sharing an Opensolr link on social media now shows a proper preview image, title and description instead of a bare URL.
  • FAQ headings. FAQ page headings now show the actual category name.

02 Speed and stability of the page itself

Caching public pages Minified CSS and JS Lazy loaded non-critical images Fixed dimensions no layout shift
Fewer bytes, fetched later where possible, into a layout that no longer moves under you.
  • Browser caching. Public pages now set caching headers, so repeat visits load faster.
  • Minified CSS and JavaScript. Smaller page sizes across the site.
  • Lazy loading. Non-critical images load only when they are needed.
  • Explicit image dimensions. Images now declare their size, which removes the layout shift that used to happen while a page was still loading.

03 Readability and assistive technology

  • Semantic HTML landmarks. Better screen reader support through proper page landmarks.
  • Colour contrast. Contrast ratios were improved across the site for better readability.
  • Alt text. All images now include descriptive alternative text.

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