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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

directfx.co.uk

DirectFX London & Ipswich Website Design + HTML e-mail design & marketing

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

84 ms

Resources Loaded

1.6 sec

Page Rendered

1.1 sec

directfx.co.uk screenshot

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Key Findings

We analyzed Directfx.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 84 ms and then it took 2.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

directfx.co.uk performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.8 s

55/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value25.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.6 s

25/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,350 ms

17/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.5 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

directfx.co.uk

84 ms

directfx.co.uk

127 ms

thesparkofanidea

568 ms

css

69 ms

font-awesome.css

71 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (68 requests) were addressed to the original Directfx.co.uk, 6% (5 requests) were made to Gstatic.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (568 ms) belongs to the original domain Directfx.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 174.8 kB (2%)

Content Size

8.2 MB

After Optimization

8.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Directfx.co.uk main page is 8.2 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 7.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 69.2 kB

  • Original 83.7 kB
  • After minification 65.3 kB
  • After compression 14.5 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 18.4 kB, which is 22% 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 69.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 68.6 kB

  • Original 7.7 MB
  • After minification 7.7 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. DirectFX images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 20.8 kB

  • Original 378.8 kB
  • After minification 378.8 kB
  • After compression 358.0 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. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-41%

Potential reduce by 16.2 kB

  • Original 39.0 kB
  • After minification 39.0 kB
  • After compression 22.9 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. Directfx.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 16.2 kB or 41% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (28%)

Requests Now

75

After Optimization

54

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 75 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of DirectFX. 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 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

directfx.co.uk

directfx.co.uk

84 ms

directfx.co.uk

directfx.co.uk

127 ms

thesparkofanidea

thesparkofanidea

568 ms

css

css

69 ms

font-awesome.css

font-awesome.css

71 ms

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css

56 ms

beachstrap-styles.css

beachstrap-styles.css

83 ms

fonts.css

fonts.css

79 ms

html5ext.js

html5ext.js

61 ms

platform.js

platform.js

62 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

63 ms

waypoints.min.js

waypoints.min.js

81 ms

beachstrap-script.js

beachstrap-script.js

80 ms

jquery.nav.js

jquery.nav.js

81 ms

jquery.scrollTo.js

jquery.scrollTo.js

81 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

82 ms

holder.js

holder.js

85 ms

api.js

api.js

87 ms

validator.js

validator.js

101 ms

contact.js

contact.js

100 ms

platform.js

platform.js

35 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

204 ms

directfx-logo-md.png

directfx-logo-md.png

227 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

208 ms

mainImage.jpg

mainImage.jpg

145 ms

directfx-logo-md.webp

directfx-logo-md.webp

121 ms

mainImageMedium.jpg

mainImageMedium.jpg

166 ms

mainImageSmall.jpg

mainImageSmall.jpg

140 ms

ipadShotlg.jpg

ipadShotlg.jpg

121 ms

ipadShot.jpg

ipadShot.jpg

120 ms

ipadShotsm.jpg

ipadShotsm.jpg

122 ms

screenshot-subliminal.png

screenshot-subliminal.png

122 ms

screenshot-cutoutking.png

screenshot-cutoutking.png

155 ms

screenshot-proportionalscalingcalculator.png

screenshot-proportionalscalingcalculator.png

139 ms

screenshot-klh.png

screenshot-klh.png

190 ms

screenshot-athenatech.png

screenshot-athenatech.png

161 ms

screenshot-unscrambled.png

screenshot-unscrambled.png

155 ms

screenshot-html-e-mail.gif

screenshot-html-e-mail.gif

168 ms

screenshot-pjprint.png

screenshot-pjprint.png

178 ms

screenshot-whoareyou.png

screenshot-whoareyou.png

177 ms

screenshot-snb3d.png

screenshot-snb3d.png

186 ms

screenshot-gkq.png

screenshot-gkq.png

188 ms

screenshot-sh.png

screenshot-sh.png

192 ms

screenshot-slider-reveal.png

screenshot-slider-reveal.png

219 ms

screenshot-multiple.png

screenshot-multiple.png

202 ms

screenshot-contour.png

screenshot-contour.png

208 ms

screenshot-spark.png

screenshot-spark.png

211 ms

screenshot-island.png

screenshot-island.png

211 ms

screenshot-manarola.png

screenshot-manarola.png

214 ms

screenshot-andrew.png

screenshot-andrew.png

227 ms

parallaxBg.jpg

parallaxBg.jpg

235 ms

parallaxBgMedium.jpg

parallaxBgMedium.jpg

238 ms

turnonasixpence3.gif

turnonasixpence3.gif

236 ms

workforce01.jpg

workforce01.jpg

237 ms

workforce02.jpg

workforce02.jpg

240 ms

workforce03.jpg

workforce03.jpg

248 ms

workforce04.jpg

workforce04.jpg

256 ms

googlemapatsize750x380.gif

googlemapatsize750x380.gif

257 ms

googlemapatsize-coverbutton.png

googlemapatsize-coverbutton.png

258 ms

font

font

113 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

15 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

22 ms

77db5d36-aadc-4ce5-b09a-f3c9aa34e8d2.woff

77db5d36-aadc-4ce5-b09a-f3c9aa34e8d2.woff

246 ms

a16da0cb-3a2d-41ff-9759-f68c4f973701.woff

a16da0cb-3a2d-41ff-9759-f68c4f973701.woff

172 ms

907e836b-6574-4a4d-a64e-5b9fcdc9fc6d.woff

907e836b-6574-4a4d-a64e-5b9fcdc9fc6d.woff

172 ms

956554f3-21ca-4cd4-87c6-254b1ba02091.woff

956554f3-21ca-4cd4-87c6-254b1ba02091.woff

172 ms

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff

160 ms

googlemapatsize750x380.gif

googlemapatsize750x380.gif

153 ms

cardinallofts-duotone.webp

cardinallofts-duotone.webp

176 ms

sunrise.jpg

sunrise.jpg

177 ms

sunrisesml.jpg

sunrisesml.jpg

172 ms

manygoldbitcoins.jpg

manygoldbitcoins.jpg

164 ms

dreamstime_43304583.webp

dreamstime_43304583.webp

161 ms

dreamstime_43304583.gif

dreamstime_43304583.gif

178 ms

shim.gif

shim.gif

163 ms

dreamstime_12361469-duotone.webp

dreamstime_12361469-duotone.webp

161 ms

dreamstime_53058906.webp

dreamstime_53058906.webp

154 ms

dreamstime_53058906.webp

dreamstime_53058906.webp

154 ms

widget.js

widget.js

173 ms

fallback

fallback

55 ms

fallback__ltr.css

fallback__ltr.css

4 ms

payload

payload

27 ms

css

css

18 ms

logo_48.png

logo_48.png

5 ms

refresh_black.png

refresh_black.png

4 ms

audio_black.png

audio_black.png

8 ms

font

font

8 ms

Accessibility Review

directfx.co.uk accessibility score

94

Accessibility Issues

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

directfx.co.uk 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

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

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

directfx.co.uk SEO score

83

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

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses plugins

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 Directfx.co.uk 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 Directfx.co.uk 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

directfx.co.uk

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