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Report Summary

  • 34

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    55% of other websites

  • 96

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 90% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    69% of websites

cnu.edu

Christopher Newport University - Christopher Newport University - Christopher Newport University

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

36 ms

Resources Loaded

3 sec

Page Rendered

293 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Cnu content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about cnu.edu

A four-year public liberal arts and sciences university in Newport News, Virginia, Christopher Newport offers great teaching and small class sizes with an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cnu.edu page load time and found that the first response time was 36 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

cnu.edu performance score

34

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value28.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.1 s

31/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value570 ms

52/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.174

69/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value22.8 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cnu.edu

36 ms

ui.all.css

14 ms

thickbox.css

18 ms

styles_ie.css

20 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

29 ms

Our browser made a total of 93 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 91% of them (85 requests) were addressed to the original Cnu.edu, 2% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Cascade.cnu.edu. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.8 sec) relates to the external source Query.yahooapis.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 569.7 kB (33%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Cnu.edu main page is 1.7 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 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 12.8 kB

  • Original 17.8 kB
  • After minification 17.7 kB
  • After compression 5.0 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 12.8 kB or 72% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-20%

Potential reduce by 271.1 kB

  • Original 1.3 MB
  • After minification 1.1 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. Obviously, Cnu needs image optimization as it can save up to 271.1 kB or 20% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 221.3 kB

  • Original 322.5 kB
  • After minification 268.4 kB
  • After compression 101.3 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 221.3 kB or 69% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-91%

Potential reduce by 64.7 kB

  • Original 71.0 kB
  • After minification 31.3 kB
  • After compression 6.4 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. Cnu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 64.7 kB or 91% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (56%)

Requests Now

72

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 72 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cnu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

cnu.edu

cnu.edu

36 ms

ui.all.css

ui.all.css

14 ms

thickbox.css

thickbox.css

18 ms

styles_ie.css

styles_ie.css

20 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

29 ms

mobileIndex.js

mobileIndex.js

18 ms

jquery-ui-1.6.custom.min.js

jquery-ui-1.6.custom.min.js

24 ms

jquery-cycle.2.6.all.min.js

jquery-cycle.2.6.all.min.js

23 ms

thickbox-compressed.js

thickbox-compressed.js

20 ms

stepcarousel.js

stepcarousel.js

20 ms

moment.js

moment.js

24 ms

moment.tz.js

moment.tz.js

21 ms

cnu-global.js

cnu-global.js

22 ms

paging.js

paging.js

22 ms

mobilenav.js

mobilenav.js

36 ms

mobilehomenav.js

mobilehomenav.js

35 ms

jquery.collapsible-menus.min.js

jquery.collapsible-menus.min.js

35 ms

accordion.js

accordion.js

36 ms

css3-mediaqueries.js

css3-mediaqueries.js

36 ms

jquery.shuffle.js

jquery.shuffle.js

36 ms

bannerSlideRandom.js

bannerSlideRandom.js

71 ms

brand

brand

71 ms

mobileindex.js

mobileindex.js

28 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

39 ms

slide-nav-left.png

slide-nav-left.png

35 ms

slide-nav-right.png

slide-nav-right.png

35 ms

bg.gif

bg.gif

12 ms

headercap.png

headercap.png

20 ms

footer.gif

footer.gif

14 ms

page-bg.gif

page-bg.gif

15 ms

PicturePerfect-homepage.jpg

PicturePerfect-homepage.jpg

15 ms

Lead-Serve-Honor_Update.jpg

Lead-Serve-Honor_Update.jpg

16 ms

Rankings-homepage.jpg

Rankings-homepage.jpg

17 ms

Small-Classes-homepage.jpg

Small-Classes-homepage.jpg

23 ms

DefSig-homepage.jpg

DefSig-homepage.jpg

25 ms

SocialMedia-homepage.jpg

SocialMedia-homepage.jpg

23 ms

PicturePerfect-title.png

PicturePerfect-title.png

24 ms

Lead-Serve-Honor-title.jpg

Lead-Serve-Honor-title.jpg

26 ms

Rankings-title.jpg

Rankings-title.jpg

26 ms

Small-Classes-title.jpg

Small-Classes-title.jpg

31 ms

DefSig-title.png

DefSig-title.png

31 ms

SocialMedia-title.png

SocialMedia-title.png

31 ms

get-info.png

get-info.png

32 ms

cnu-logo.png

cnu-logo.png

30 ms

FitN-spif_title.gif

FitN-spif_title.gif

29 ms

FitN_spif_standard.png

FitN_spif_standard.png

53 ms

icon-rss.gif

icon-rss.gif

52 ms

list-whatshappening.gif

list-whatshappening.gif

52 ms

list-latestnews.gif

list-latestnews.gif

52 ms

wordpress.png

wordpress.png

52 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

51 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

57 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

57 ms

instagram.png

instagram.png

57 ms

bannersliderandom.js

bannersliderandom.js

50 ms

brand

brand

77 ms

2219.js

2219.js

26 ms

pictureperfect-homepage.jpg

pictureperfect-homepage.jpg

53 ms

lead-serve-honor_update.jpg

lead-serve-honor_update.jpg

48 ms

rankings-homepage.jpg

rankings-homepage.jpg

54 ms

socialmedia-homepage.jpg

socialmedia-homepage.jpg

42 ms

small-classes-homepage.jpg

small-classes-homepage.jpg

48 ms

defsig-homepage.jpg

defsig-homepage.jpg

41 ms

pictureperfect-title.png

pictureperfect-title.png

43 ms

rankings-title.jpg

rankings-title.jpg

45 ms

lead-serve-honor-title.jpg

lead-serve-honor-title.jpg

44 ms

slide-nav-left.png

slide-nav-left.png

43 ms

fitn-spif_title.gif

fitn-spif_title.gif

44 ms

slide-nav-right.png

slide-nav-right.png

49 ms

small-classes-title.jpg

small-classes-title.jpg

48 ms

defsig-title.png

defsig-title.png

49 ms

socialmedia-title.png

socialmedia-title.png

47 ms

collect

collect

28 ms

fitn_spif_standard.png

fitn_spif_standard.png

23 ms

get-info-bg.png

get-info-bg.png

19 ms

dropdown-bg.png

dropdown-bg.png

25 ms

search-bg.png

search-bg.png

25 ms

search-go.png

search-go.png

24 ms

sep-slash.png

sep-slash.png

46 ms

index.php

index.php

170 ms

alert.txt

alert.txt

27 ms

yql

yql

2804 ms

nav-bg.png

nav-bg.png

5 ms

columns2.gif

columns2.gif

4 ms

rounded-box-top.png

rounded-box-top.png

6 ms

rounded-box-bottom.png

rounded-box-bottom.png

6 ms

rounded-box-sides.png

rounded-box-sides.png

6 ms

readmore-arrow.gif

readmore-arrow.gif

5 ms

columns-header-shadow.png

columns-header-shadow.png

6 ms

columns-headerbar2.gif

columns-headerbar2.gif

7 ms

loadingAnimation.gif

loadingAnimation.gif

8 ms

loadinganimation.gif

loadinganimation.gif

5 ms

calendar.css

calendar.css

21 ms

Accessibility Review

cnu.edu accessibility score

96

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Tables and lists

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Best Practices

cnu.edu best practices score

75

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

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

cnu.edu SEO score

90

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Cnu.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 Cnu.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

cnu.edu

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