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Report Summary

  • 55

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    72% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 56% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 58

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    20% of websites

connect.northpark.edu

Home - North Park University

Page Load Speed

4.3 sec in total

First Response

115 ms

Resources Loaded

4 sec

Page Rendered

156 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Connect.northpark.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 115 ms and then it took 4.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

connect.northpark.edu performance score

55

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

10/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

32/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value140 ms

95/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.1 s

52/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

connect.northpark.edu

115 ms

connect.northpark.edu

967 ms

stylesheet0.635668339700470000.css

786 ms

stylesheet27.634377980562700000.css

1437 ms

IE8Menu.css

1741 ms

Our browser made a total of 26 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (19 requests) were addressed to the original Connect.northpark.edu, 12% (3 requests) were made to S7.addthis.com and 8% (2 requests) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) belongs to the original domain Connect.northpark.edu.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 469.2 kB (55%)

Content Size

850.0 kB

After Optimization

380.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Connect.northpark.edu main page is 850.0 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 30% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 601.0 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 45.0 kB

  • Original 66.4 kB
  • After minification 63.8 kB
  • After compression 21.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 45.0 kB or 68% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 12.7 kB

  • Original 182.5 kB
  • After minification 169.8 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Connect North Park images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 411.3 kB

  • Original 601.0 kB
  • After minification 572.8 kB
  • After compression 189.7 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 411.3 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 176 B

  • Original 199 B
  • After minification 23 B
  • After compression 23 B

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Connect.northpark.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 176 B or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 13 (54%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

11

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 24 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connect North Park. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

connect.northpark.edu

connect.northpark.edu

115 ms

connect.northpark.edu

connect.northpark.edu

967 ms

stylesheet0.635668339700470000.css

stylesheet0.635668339700470000.css

786 ms

stylesheet27.634377980562700000.css

stylesheet27.634377980562700000.css

1437 ms

IE8Menu.css

IE8Menu.css

1741 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

93 ms

BBAPI-min.js

BBAPI-min.js

101 ms

Bbnccore-min.js

Bbnccore-min.js

221 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

110 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

133 ms

jquery.validate.js

jquery.validate.js

202 ms

additional-methods.js

additional-methods.js

201 ms

jquery.maskedinput-1.1.4.js

jquery.maskedinput-1.1.4.js

239 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

230 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

236 ms

webkit.js

webkit.js

245 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

69 ms

lg-share-en.gif

lg-share-en.gif

69 ms

North-Park-Connect-Banner.jpg

North-Park-Connect-Banner.jpg

558 ms

view.image

view.image

69 ms

view.image

view.image

118 ms

view.image

view.image

544 ms

view.image

view.image

1044 ms

boost

boost

123 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

130 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

66 ms

Accessibility Review

connect.northpark.edu accessibility score

83

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

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.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

connect.northpark.edu best practices score

67

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

connect.northpark.edu SEO score

58

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Connect.northpark.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Connect.northpark.edu main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

connect.northpark.edu

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Connect North Park. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: