Please can someone point me in the right direct. I'm currently getting two errors on google search console for mobile.
Elements are to close together and text is to small.
Please can someone advise on how to solve this before i drive myself insane with it? my site is www.hydeparktiles.co.uk I'm just working through the errors on there.
Your help is much appreciated. Thanks,Ant.
On a previous post someone replied with a link and it says the following:
The “Clickable elements too close together” error might get displayed for several reasons, but the commonest of all is because the touch target is too small. The touch target size should be around 48px. You should use additional padding to increase the touch target size to 48px.
Is this something I can alter on a style sheet that would solve the issue? If so does anyone know where it would need changing?
Also someone said increase the text size, i appreciate that but where do I update the size for the clickable links ?
Thanks,
Anthony
The “Clickable elements too close together” error might get displayed for several reasons, but the commonest of all is because the touch target is too small. The touch target size should be around 48px. You should use additional padding to increase the touch target size to 48px.
Is this something I can alter on a style sheet that would solve the issue? If so does anyone know where it would need changing?
Also someone said increase the text size, i appreciate that but where do I update the size for the clickable links ?
Thanks,
Anthony
1. don’t worry about it
2. if that is all you have to worry about - GREAT JOB - well done - 5 Stars
If you would be so kind as to always post your OC version, that would be great.
Although in this case a web link is correct - although what exactly you are having the issue with is unknown.
But since you asked so nicely and made the effort - I will guess you mean the top links on a mobile.
/* to only make it applicable for mobile */
/* to increase the space * /
/* to increase the size */
This you would add to your stylesheet correct.
There is another directive for only mobile already in there .. [ ie the @media above ] so you can add inside that
or - as would be better at the end of your stylesheet (so you can copy it when you upgrade)
add all custom styles under it
2. if that is all you have to worry about - GREAT JOB - well done - 5 Stars
If you would be so kind as to always post your OC version, that would be great.
Although in this case a web link is correct - although what exactly you are having the issue with is unknown.
But since you asked so nicely and made the effort - I will guess you mean the top links on a mobile.
/* to only make it applicable for mobile */
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font-size: 20px;There is another directive for only mobile already in there .. [ ie the @media above ] so you can add inside that
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#top .btn-link, #top-links li, #top-links a {
padding-left: 8px;
}
#top .btn-link, #top-links li, #top-links a .fa {
font-size: 20px;
}add all custom styles under it
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/* CUSTOM STYLES */
@media (max-width: 767px) {
#top .btn-link, #top-links li, #top-links a {
padding-left: 8px;
}
#top .btn-link, #top-links li, #top-links a .fa {
font-size: 20px;
}
}DISCLAIMER:
You should not modify core files .. if you would like to donate a cup of coffee I will write it in a modification for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIxDoCRc84
Don't pay too much attention on what Google Console says in general. You really don't have to do everything it says.
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Don't they lower your position in the search results though?
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No-one knows the answer to that officially, but not necessarily no.
Some of the recommendations are just recommendations, some will do more harm than good.
If by causing another factor to be reduced will result in loosing rankings (if there is a correlation) - it is not so black and white as that.
Some of the recommendations are just recommendations, some will do more harm than good.
If by causing another factor to be reduced will result in loosing rankings (if there is a correlation) - it is not so black and white as that.
DISCLAIMER:
You should not modify core files .. if you would like to donate a cup of coffee I will write it in a modification for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIxDoCRc84
Definitely not for clickable elements being too close or missing parameters in review snippets.paulfeakins wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:31 pmDon't they lower your position in the search results though?
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Well, considering that Lighthouse marks 3 SEO points down for this "offence", I would actually say the opposite: definitely yes for overlapping target areas.
As per these results, in addition to what @mona has already suggested above, you should also add
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footer li {
font-size: 20px;
padding: 14px;
}
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footer h5 {
font-size: 20px;
}
In addition, I have noticed that your product descriptions feature the product title twice in an <h2> header, you might want to remove the duplicates.
Sidenote: I find the overall look of your site really refreshing! Clean, simple, to the point and looks much more professional than the way-overloaded, convoluted themes that seem to be fashionable nowadays. This shows that you can achieve great results with minimal customisation of the default opencart look.
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Trust me, nothing at all will happen with your SEO standings due to this issue no matter who marks what.
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But surely Lighthouse have done tests to try and work out what factors actually matter?
And even if not, the algorithm is constantly evolving and it's likely to penalise sites that don't follow very basic SEO guidelines.
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