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Visit codetown.comWe analyzed Codetown.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.2 sec and then it took 4.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 70% of websites can load faster.
codetown.com performance score
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Our browser made a total of 154 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 3% of them (4 requests) were addressed to the original Codetown.com, 45% (69 requests) were made to Storage.ning.com and 13% (20 requests) were made to Static.ning.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) relates to the external source Static.xx.fbcdn.net.
Page size can be reduced by 696.5 kB (14%)
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In fact, the total size of Codetown.com main page is 4.9 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. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. Images take 3.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.
Potential reduce by 113.2 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 15.9 kB, which is 12% 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 113.2 kB or 83% of the original size.
Potential reduce by 393.0 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. Codetown images are well optimized though.
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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 189.5 kB or 25% of the original size.
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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. Codetown.com has all CSS files already compressed.
Number of requests can be reduced by 51 (34%)
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The browser has sent 149 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Codetown. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 36 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.
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codetown.com accessibility score
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.
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Buttons do not have an accessible name
Links do not have a discernible name
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These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
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Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
Navigation
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Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
codetown.com best practices score
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Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
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Mobile Friendly
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