diff --git a/assets/stylesheets/screen.css b/assets/stylesheets/screen.css
index 464b6088d79..32a6a6d70ce 100644
--- a/assets/stylesheets/screen.css
+++ b/assets/stylesheets/screen.css
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ h4, h5, h6, b, strong {
 
 html, body {
 	height: 100%;
+    scroll-behavior: smooth;
 }
 
 body.home {
diff --git a/pages/community.html b/pages/community.html
index a26132899e8..8ae090ca819 100644
--- a/pages/community.html
+++ b/pages/community.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ <h3 class="column-header">Grails Mailing Lists</h3>
             <div class="column">
                 <div class="guide-group">
                     <div class="guide-group-header">
-                        <img src="[%url]/images/email.svg" alt="dev@grails.apache.org">
+                        <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/email.svg" alt="dev@grails.apache.org">
                         <h2>dev@grails.apache.org</h2>
                     </div>
                     <div class="guide-group-body">
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ <h2>dev@grails.apache.org</h2>
             <div class="column">
                 <div class="guide-group">
                     <div class="guide-group-header">
-                        <img src="[%url]/images/email.svg" alt="user@grails.apache.org">
+                        <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/email.svg" alt="user@grails.apache.org">
                         <h2>users@grails.apache.org</h2>
                     </div>
                     <div class="guide-group-body">
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ <h2>users@grails.apache.org</h2>
         <h3 class="column-header">Grails<sup>&reg;</sup> Community Slack</h3>
         <p class="align-center">
             <a href="https://grails.slack.com" title="Grails Community Slack">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/slack_logo.svg" width="200px" alt="Slack Icon">
+                <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/slack_logo.svg" width="200px" alt="Slack Icon">
             </a>
         </p>
         <p class="align-center">
-            <a href="https://grails.slack.com" title="Grails Community Slack"">
+            <a href="https://grails.slack.com" title="Grails Community Slack">
                 https://grails.slack.com
             </a>
         </p>
@@ -89,34 +89,34 @@ <h3 class="column-header">Grails<sup>&reg;</sup> Community Slack</h3>
         <h3 class="column-header">Grails Rock Star Wall of Fame</h3>
         <div class="three-columns">
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/mattias-reichel-2026-rockstar.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/mattias-reichel-2026-rockstar.png"
                      alt="Mattias Reichel - 2026 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/james-daugherty-2026-rockstar.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/james-daugherty-2026-rockstar.png"
                      alt="James Daugherty - 2026 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/james-fredley-2025-rock-star.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/james-fredley-2025-rock-star.png"
                     alt="James Fredley - 2025 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/david-estes-2020-rock-star.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/david-estes-2020-rock-star.png"
                     alt="David Estes - 2020 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/kenkousen.png" alt="Ken Kousen - 2018 Grails Rock Star Award">
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/kenkousen.png" alt="Ken Kousen - 2018 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/eric_helgeson.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/eric_helgeson.png"
                     alt="Eric Helgeson - 2017 Grails Rock Star Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/graeme.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/graeme.png"
                     alt="Graeme Rocher - Grails framework lifetime contributor Award">
             </div>
             <div class="column align-center">
-                <img height="200" src="[%url]/images/jeff_scott_brown.png"
+                <img loading="lazy" height="200" src="[%url]/images/jeff_scott_brown.png"
                     alt="Jeff Scott Brown - Grails framework lifetime contributor Award">
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ <h3 class="column-header">Grails Rock Star Wall of Fame</h3>
     <!--        <h3 class="column-header">Conferences</h3>-->
     <!--        <p>The Grails framework and its ecosystem are often represented at various Java-oriented conferences, but there are particular events fully dedicated to the Groovy/Grails ecosystem. Here are the upcoming events you might be interested in learning about.</p><div class="two-columns">-->
     <!--        <div class="column"><div class="event">-->
-    <!--            <img src="[%url]/images/confs/gr8confeu.png" alt="GR8Conf EU 2020">-->
+    <!--            <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/confs/gr8confeu.png" alt="GR8Conf EU 2020">-->
     <!--            <h3>-->
     <!--                <a href="https://gr8conf.eu/">GR8Conf EU 2020</a>-->
     <!--            </h3>-->
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ <h3 class="column-header" style="margin-bottom: 0">User Groups</h3>
         <div class="column">
             <div class="guide-group">
                 <div class="guide-group-header">
-                    <img src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="North-America">
+                    <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="North-America">
                     <h2>North-America</h2>
                 </div>
                 <ul>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ <h2>North-America</h2>
 
             <div class="guide-group">
                 <div class="guide-group-header">
-                    <img src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="Asia">
+                    <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="Asia">
                     <h2>Asia</h2>
                 </div>
                 <ul>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ <h2>Asia</h2>
 
             <div class="guide-group">
                 <div class="guide-group-header">
-                    <img src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="Europe">
+                    <img loading="lazy" src="[%url]/images/usergroup.svg" alt="Europe">
                     <h2>Europe</h2>
                 </div>
                 <ul>
diff --git a/pages/index.html b/pages/index.html
index 8ec5fac4560..1f310b3a46b 100644
--- a/pages/index.html
+++ b/pages/index.html
@@ -46,75 +46,75 @@ <h2>
     <div class="content">
         <div class="three-columns">
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/flatlearningcurve.png" alt="Flat Learning Curve">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/flatlearningcurve.png" alt="Flat Learning Curve" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Flat Learning Curve</h3>
                 <p>Convention-over-configuration, sensible defaults, opinionated APIs, and the Groovy language combine
                     to make the Grails<sup>&reg;</sup> framework easy to learn for Java developers.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/springboot.svg" alt="Spring Boot">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/springboot.svg" alt="Spring Boot" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>On top of Spring Boot</h3>
                 <p>The Grails framework is built on top of Spring Boot and leverages Spring Boot's time-saving features,
                     such as Spring-powered dependency injection.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/java.png" alt="Smooth Java Integration">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/java.png" alt="Smooth Java Integration" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Smooth Java Integration</h3>
                 <p>The Grails framework seamlessly and transparently integrates and interoperates with Java, the JVM,
                     and existing Java EE containers.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/groovy.png" alt="Groovy Programming Language">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/groovy.png" alt="Groovy Programming Language" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Groovy-Based</h3>
                 <p>Apache Groovy is a language for the Java platform designed to enhance developers' productivity. It is
                     an optionally-typed and dynamic language but with static-typing and static compilation capabilities.
                 </p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/gorm.png" alt="GORM - Data Access Toolkit">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/gorm.png" alt="GORM - Data Access Toolkit" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Seamless GORM Integration</h3>
                 <p>The Grails framework seamlessly integrates with GORM, a data access toolkit that provides a rich set
                     of APIs for accessing relational and non-relational data. GORM also includes implementations for
                     Hibernate (SQL), MongoDB, Cassandra, and Neo4j.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/restapis.svg" alt="REST APIs, REACT, ANGULAR">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/restapis.svg" alt="REST APIs, REACT, ANGULAR" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>REST APIs, REACT, ANGULAR</h3>
                 <p>With the use of application profiles, including React and Angular, the Grails framework allows
                     developers to build REST APIs or modern web applications with a JavaScript frontend.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/plugins.svg" alt="Grails Plugins Logo">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/plugins.svg" alt="Grails Plugins Logo" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Plugins</h3>
                 <p>Developers can build plugins that extend and enhance the Grails framework, or they can access
                     existing plugins published by a vibrant plugin community.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/view.svg" alt="View Technologies">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/view.svg" alt="View Technologies" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>View Technologies</h3>
                 <p>Technologies such as GSP, JSON Views, and Markup Views help developers effortlessly generate HTML,
                     JSON, and XML.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/asynchronous.svg" alt="Asynchronous Capabilities">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/asynchronous.svg" alt="Asynchronous Capabilities" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Asynchronous Capabilities</h3>
                 <p>The async features of the Grails framework aim to simplify concurrent programming. The framework's
                     features include the concept of Promises, a unified event model, and the use of RxJava to write
                     reactive logic.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/opensource.svg" alt="Open Source">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/opensource.svg" alt="Open Source" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Open Source</h3>
                 <p>The Grails framework is an open source Apache 2 License project.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/dsl.png" alt="Domain-Specific Languages">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/dsl.png" alt="Domain-Specific Languages" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>Domain-Specific Languages</h3>
                 <p>The Grails framework relies on expressive domain-specific languages (DSLs) for validation, querying,
                     markup rendering, and more.</p>
             </div>
             <div class="column">
-                <img src="[%url]/images/idesupport.png" alt="IDE Support">
+                <img src="[%url]/images/idesupport.png" alt="IDE Support" loading="lazy">
                 <h3>IDE Support</h3>
                 <p>Developers can access support at any time via IDEs and text editors, such as Intellij IDEA, Eclipse,
                     Sublime, and Textmate.</p>
@@ -122,50 +122,9 @@ <h3>IDE Support</h3>
         </div>
     </div>
 </article>
-<article class="training" style="display: block;">
-    <div class="content" style="padding-top: 40px; display: none;">
-        <div class="two-columns">
-            <div class="column">
-                <div class="event">
-                    <img src="[%url]/images/confs/gr8confeu.png" alt="GR8Conf EU 2020">
-                    <h3>
-                        <a href="https://gr8conf.eu/">GR8Conf EU 2020</a>
-                    </h3>
-                    <span class="location">Copenhagen, Denmark</span>
-                    <span class="dates">June 2 - 4, 2020</span>
-                    <p>Groovy, Grails, and related technologies have seen astounding growth in interest and adoption
-                        over the past few years, and with good reason. GR8Conf is a series of conferences founded to
-                        spread the word worldwide. The 2018 GR8Conf Europe is celebrating its 10th year, and it's
-                        expected to be a blast. As in 2017 the conference had a DevOps day, this year DevOps topics will
-                        be mixed with the rest of the topics. GR8Conf is an independent, affordable series of
-                        conferences and covers All Things Groovy</p>
-
-                </div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="column">
-                <div class="event">
-                    <img src="[%url]/images/confs/greach.png" alt="Greach 2020">
-                    <h3>
-                        <a href="https://greachconf.com">Greach 2020</a>
-                    </h3>
-                    <span class="location">Madrid, Spain</span>
-                    <span class="dates">March 26 - 28, 2020</span>
-                    <p>Enhance your knowledge and skills with some of the most recognizable names from the Groovy
-                        development scene from all around the world. Experience three days full of Groovy and Grails
-                        talks and networking ... plus our famous Friday Beers Party!</p>
-
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <!--    <div class="content">
-        <h2>Grails Training</h2>
-        [%events]
-    </div>-->
-</article>
 <article class="testimonials">
     <div class="content">
         <h2>They all use the Apache Grails Framework</h2>
-        <img src="[%url]/images/testimoniallogos.png" alt="Companies using Grails">
+        <img src="[%url]/images/testimoniallogos.png" alt="Companies using Grails" loading="lazy">
     </div>
 </article>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pages/learning.html b/pages/learning.html
index fb2ed212556..0ffc8ebd7d6 100644
--- a/pages/learning.html
+++ b/pages/learning.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ <h3 class="column-header">
         </div>
         <div class='column'><div class='guide-group'>
             <div class='guide-group-header'>
-                <img src='[%url]/images//documentation.svg' alt='Learning' />
+                <img src='[%url]/images//documentation.svg' alt='Learning' loading="lazy" />
                 <h2>Blog Posts, Step-by-Step Tutorials</h2>
             </div>
             <ul>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <h2>Blog Posts, Step-by-Step Tutorials</h2>
     <h3 class='column-header'>Grails Books</h3><div class='two-columns'>
     <div class='column'>
       <figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grailsgood.png' alt='Grails Goodness Notebook' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grailsgood.png' alt='Grails Goodness Notebook' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href='https://leanpub.com/grails-goodness-notebook'>Grails Goodness Notebook</a>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ <h3>
         </figcaption>
      </figure>
      <figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/gsmith2_cover150.jpg' alt='Grails in Action' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/gsmith2_cover150.jpg' alt='Grails in Action' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.manning.com/gsmith2/">Grails in Action</a>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>The second edition of Grails in Action is a comprehensive introduction to Grails 2 focused on helping you become super-productive fast.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/bbeckwith_cover.gif' alt='Programming Grails' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/bbeckwith_cover.gif' alt='Programming Grails' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href='https://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024750.do'>Programming Grails</a>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ <h3>
         </figcaption>
     </figure></div>
     <div class='column'><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grails_3_step_by_step.png' alt='Grails 3 - Step by Step' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grails_3_step_by_step.png' alt='Grails 3 - Step by Step' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href='https://grailsthreebook.com/'>Grails 3 - Step by Step</a>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>Learn how a complete greenfield application can be implemented quickly and efficiently with Grails 3 using profiles and plugins. Use the sample application that accompanies the book as an example.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grails_weissmann.png' alt='Falando de Grails' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grails_weissmann.png' alt='Falando de Grails' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href='https://www.casadocodigo.com.br/products/livro-grails'>Falando de Grails</a>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>This is the best reference on Grails 2.5 and 3.0 written in Portuguese. It&amp;#39;s a great guide to the framework, dealing with details that many users tend to ignore.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grocher_jbrown_cover.jpg' alt='The Definitive Guide to Grails 2' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/grocher_jbrown_cover.jpg' alt='The Definitive Guide to Grails 2' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href='https://www.apress.com/9781430243779'>The Definitive Guide to Grails 2</a>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>As the title states, this is the definitive reference on the Grails framework, authored by core members of the development team.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/bklein_cover.jpg' alt='Grails 2: A Quick-Start Guide' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/bklein_cover.jpg' alt='Grails 2: A Quick-Start Guide' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1937785777?tag=misa09-20">Grails 2: A Quick-Start Guide</a>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ <h3>
 </div>
     <h3 class='column-header'>Groovy Books</h3><div class='two-columns'>
     <div class='column'><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/regina.png' alt='Groovy in Action, 2nd Edition' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/regina.png' alt='Groovy in Action, 2nd Edition' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.manning.com/koenig2/">Groovy in Action, 2nd Edition</a>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>This is the undisputed, definitive reference on the Groovy language, authored by core members of the development team.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/g2cook.jpg' alt='Groovy 2 Cookbook' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/g2cook.jpg' alt='Groovy 2 Cookbook' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.packtpub.com/groovy-2-cookbook/book">Groovy 2 Cookbook</a>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ <h3>
         </figcaption>
     </figure></div>
     <div class='column'><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/Kousen-MJG.png' alt='Making Java Groovy' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/Kousen-MJG.png' alt='Making Java Groovy' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.manning.com/kousen/">Making Java Groovy</a>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>Make Java development easier by adding Groovy. Each chapter focuses on a task Java developers do, like building, testing, or working with databases or restful web services, and shows ways Groovy can make those tasks easier.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/gdsl.jpg' alt='Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/gdsl.jpg' alt='Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://www.packtpub.com/groovy-for-domain-specific-languages-dsl/book">Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages</a>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ <h3>
             <span class='about'>Learn how Groovy can help Java developers easily build domain-specific languages into their applications.</span>
         </figcaption>
     </figure><figure class='book'>
-        <img src='[%url]/images/books/vslg2.jpg' alt='Programming Groovy 2' />
+        <img src='[%url]/images/books/vslg2.jpg' alt='Programming Groovy 2' loading="lazy" />
         <figcaption>
             <h3>
                 <a href="https://pragprog.com/book/vslg2/programming-groovy-2">Programming Groovy 2</a>