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Report Summary

  • 19

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    36% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 48% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 93

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    84% of websites

quiltdirect.com

Quilt Direct | Quilting Supplies and Sewing Thread Online

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

296 ms

Resources Loaded

1.8 sec

Page Rendered

284 ms

quiltdirect.com screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing Quilt Direct content for United Kingdom. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about quiltdirect.com

Quilt Direct for all your quilting tools and supplies including Bernina & Bernette Sewing Machines, Overlocker and Longarm Machines, Accuquilt and Crafters Edge cutting systems, Horn furniture, Artbin...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Quiltdirect.com page load time and found that the first response time was 296 ms and then it took 2.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

quiltdirect.com performance score

19

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.7 s

25/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,860 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value23.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

quiltdirect.com

296 ms

www.quiltdirect.co.uk

347 ms

actinic.css

495 ms

quilt-styles.css

176 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

420 ms

Our browser made a total of 68 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Quiltdirect.com, 66% (45 requests) were made to Quiltdirect.co.uk and 9% (6 requests) were made to Pixel.mathtag.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (967 ms) relates to the external source Quiltdirect.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.2 MB (57%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

891.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Quiltdirect.com main page is 2.1 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 1.0 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 93.9 kB

  • Original 131.1 kB
  • After minification 130.2 kB
  • After compression 37.2 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 93.9 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-25%

Potential reduce by 188.1 kB

  • Original 761.7 kB
  • After minification 573.6 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. Obviously, Quilt Direct needs image optimization as it can save up to 188.1 kB or 25% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 763.4 kB

  • Original 1.0 MB
  • After minification 773.2 kB
  • After compression 256.5 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 763.4 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 146.0 kB

  • Original 170.5 kB
  • After minification 149.0 kB
  • After compression 24.5 kB

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. Quiltdirect.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 146.0 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 31 (47%)

Requests Now

66

After Optimization

35

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 66 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Quilt Direct. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 16 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

quiltdirect.com

quiltdirect.com

296 ms

www.quiltdirect.co.uk

www.quiltdirect.co.uk

347 ms

actinic.css

actinic.css

495 ms

quilt-styles.css

quilt-styles.css

176 ms

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

jquery-1.11.1.min.js

420 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

255 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

176 ms

actiniccore.js

actiniccore.js

272 ms

actinicextras.js

actinicextras.js

524 ms

actinicsearch.js

actinicsearch.js

756 ms

responsive.js

responsive.js

435 ms

recentproductssupport.js

recentproductssupport.js

372 ms

dynamic.js

dynamic.js

658 ms

magicthumb.css

magicthumb.css

522 ms

magicthumb.js

magicthumb.js

608 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.1.tabs.min.js

jquery-ui-1.10.1.tabs.min.js

582 ms

tabberv4support.js

tabberv4support.js

584 ms

rd-telephone.png

rd-telephone.png

602 ms

rd-email.png

rd-email.png

667 ms

rd-address.png

rd-address.png

673 ms

Quilt_Direct_logo_blue.png

Quilt_Direct_logo_blue.png

951 ms

cart-icon.png

cart-icon.png

694 ms

addthis_widget.js

addthis_widget.js

15 ms

email5_trans.gif

email5_trans.gif

148 ms

top-promotion.jpg

top-promotion.jpg

794 ms

BerninaDandelion.jpg

BerninaDandelion.jpg

697 ms

BerninaQ24.jpg

BerninaQ24.jpg

774 ms

AccuquiltMarch16.jpg

AccuquiltMarch16.jpg

793 ms

HSEAMGUIDEB.jpg

HSEAMGUIDEB.jpg

773 ms

BTQM003.jpg

BTQM003.jpg

791 ms

AQ55112b.jpg

AQ55112b.jpg

878 ms

OL45Bladeb.jpg

OL45Bladeb.jpg

878 ms

MCSFLYINGB.jpg

MCSFLYINGB.jpg

878 ms

QRH0252B.jpg

QRH0252B.jpg

878 ms

MJRFLYINGB.jpg

MJRFLYINGB.jpg

904 ms

F9514B.jpg

F9514B.jpg

924 ms

blog-icon-box-orange-24.gif

blog-icon-box-orange-24.gif

935 ms

logo-EDS.jpg

logo-EDS.jpg

943 ms

GiftCouponsmall.jpg

GiftCouponsmall.jpg

950 ms

safe_subscribe_logo.gif

safe_subscribe_logo.gif

143 ms

Bernina-agent-lge.jpg

Bernina-agent-lge.jpg

967 ms

paypal.jpg

paypal.jpg

887 ms

credit.gif

credit.gif

912 ms

creditcall.jpg

creditcall.jpg

853 ms

sellerdeck_payments_150.jpg

sellerdeck_payments_150.jpg

841 ms

quilt-direct-header.jpg

quilt-direct-header.jpg

419 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

347 ms

ga.js

ga.js

6 ms

300lo.json

300lo.json

39 ms

counter.5524cceca805eb4b9b2b.js

counter.5524cceca805eb4b9b2b.js

10 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

30 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

201 ms

bx_controls.png

bx_controls.png

220 ms

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

sh.8e5f85691f9aaa082472a194.html

25 ms

shares.json

shares.json

22 ms

2092

2092

36 ms

80 ms

ca.html

ca.html

35 ms

2194

2194

33 ms

103 ms

65 ms

152 ms

img

img

17 ms

js

js

16 ms

img

img

36 ms

img

img

17 ms

img

img

53 ms

img

img

29 ms

Accessibility Review

quiltdirect.com accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

quiltdirect.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

quiltdirect.com SEO score

93

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Quiltdirect.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Quiltdirect.com main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

quiltdirect.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Quilt Direct. 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: