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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 83

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 54% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

cma.org.za

Concrete Manufacturers Association NPC, Precast Concrete Standards

Page Load Speed

9.1 sec in total

First Response

745 ms

Resources Loaded

7.8 sec

Page Rendered

574 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Cma content for South Africa. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about cma.org.za

The Concrete Manufacturers Association NPC (CMA) is the primary representative of the precast concrete industry. Now in its 42nd year, it initiates standards in close cooperation with StanSA and colla...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cma.org.za page load time and found that the first response time was 745 ms and then it took 8.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

cma.org.za performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value13.7 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value17.9 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value300 ms

79/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.218

57/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.4 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cma.org.za

745 ms

www.cma.org.za

745 ms

www.cma.org.za

1748 ms

js

68 ms

default.css

1007 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 85% of them (55 requests) were addressed to the original Cma.org.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Cma.org.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (20%)

Content Size

7.7 MB

After Optimization

6.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cma.org.za main page is 7.7 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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 6.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 49.1 kB

  • Original 62.6 kB
  • After minification 55.8 kB
  • After compression 13.5 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 6.8 kB, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 49.1 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 335.1 kB

  • Original 6.2 MB
  • After minification 5.8 MB

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. Cma images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 865.5 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 915.6 kB
  • After compression 287.8 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 865.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 285.9 kB

  • Original 327.3 kB
  • After minification 233.0 kB
  • After compression 41.4 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. Cma.org.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 285.9 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 27 (45%)

Requests Now

60

After Optimization

33

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cma. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 11 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

cma.org.za

cma.org.za

745 ms

www.cma.org.za

www.cma.org.za

745 ms

www.cma.org.za

www.cma.org.za

1748 ms

js

js

68 ms

default.css

default.css

1007 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

2100 ms

ie.css

ie.css

1013 ms

skin.css

skin.css

1298 ms

portal.css

portal.css

1044 ms

layerslider.css

layerslider.css

1046 ms

Style.css

Style.css

1263 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

2509 ms

jquery-migrate.js

jquery-migrate.js

1327 ms

jquery-ui.js

jquery-ui.js

2601 ms

webAPI.min.js

webAPI.min.js

1542 ms

css

css

33 ms

css

css

49 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

37 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

1547 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1578 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

1787 ms

dnn.modalpopup.js

dnn.modalpopup.js

1815 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

2081 ms

dnncore.js

dnncore.js

2050 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

2068 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

2297 ms

respond.js

respond.js

1862 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

1870 ms

dc.js

dc.js

57 ms

CMA-Logo-2017-update.jpg

CMA-Logo-2017-update.jpg

310 ms

CMA%20and%20CMACS%20difference%20banner.png

CMA%20and%20CMACS%20difference%20banner.png

529 ms

CMA%20%20Cert%20Serv%20Logo.jpg

CMA%20%20Cert%20Serv%20Logo.jpg

307 ms

MarkHolderBtn.png

MarkHolderBtn.png

277 ms

tabs_16x16_standard.png

tabs_16x16_standard.png

269 ms

CMA-Slider-2.jpg

CMA-Slider-2.jpg

1532 ms

CMA-Slider-3.jpg

CMA-Slider-3.jpg

1521 ms

CBN%20Concrete%20Slider%201.jpg

CBN%20Concrete%20Slider%201.jpg

1057 ms

CMA-Slider-4.jpg

CMA-Slider-4.jpg

858 ms

CMA-Slider-1.jpg

CMA-Slider-1.jpg

1192 ms

cma-members-map.jpg

cma-members-map.jpg

841 ms

Icon-1.png

Icon-1.png

1192 ms

Icon-2.png

Icon-2.png

1192 ms

Icon-3.png

Icon-3.png

1315 ms

Icon-4.png

Icon-4.png

1368 ms

Northwest%20crushers%20article.jpg

Northwest%20crushers%20article.jpg

1909 ms

Cape%20Concrete%20Ceres%20Bridge%20beams.png

Cape%20Concrete%20Ceres%20Bridge%20beams.png

2007 ms

Civil%20engineering%20standards%20article.jpg

Civil%20engineering%20standards%20article.jpg

1609 ms

bracket%202.png

bracket%202.png

1632 ms

Untitled-1.png

Untitled-1.png

1787 ms

line%20under.png

line%20under.png

1803 ms

CT-logo.jpg

CT-logo.jpg

1876 ms

SANAS%20Logo.jpg

SANAS%20Logo.jpg

1892 ms

aspasa-logo.jpg

aspasa-logo.jpg

2059 ms

LinkClick.aspx

LinkClick.aspx

2063 ms

CBN%20Logo.png

CBN%20Logo.png

2193 ms

concrete%20trends.png

concrete%20trends.png

2250 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

119 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

107 ms

skin.css

skin.css

2094 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

47 ms

font

font

47 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

42 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

2124 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

1119 ms

skin.png

skin.png

255 ms

Accessibility Review

cma.org.za 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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

cma.org.za best practices score

58

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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

cma.org.za SEO score

77

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

Links do not have descriptive text

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

High

Page is blocked from indexing

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

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Cma.org.za 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 Cma.org.za 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

cma.org.za

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