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Report Summary

  • 11

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    24% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

forcardiff.com

FOR Cardiff Home Page - Find out more about Cardiff's BID

Page Load Speed

5.7 sec in total

First Response

192 ms

Resources Loaded

4.5 sec

Page Rendered

990 ms

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About Website

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FOR Cardiff home page, information on Cardiff's Business Improvement District. Find out more about our gift card, CABC, independent businesses and our projects which aim to Enhance, Deliver and R...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Forcardiff.com page load time and found that the first response time was 192 ms and then it took 5.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

forcardiff.com performance score

11

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value30.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,410 ms

15/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.288

42/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value21.2 s

1/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

forcardiff.com

192 ms

www.forcardiff.com

1313 ms

gtm.js

105 ms

js

140 ms

style.min.css

284 ms

Our browser made a total of 97 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 73% of them (71 requests) were addressed to the original Forcardiff.com, 13% (13 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 5% (5 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Forcardiff.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.6 MB (23%)

Content Size

7.1 MB

After Optimization

5.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Forcardiff.com main page is 7.1 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. 75% 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 4.8 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 111.8 kB

  • Original 138.5 kB
  • After minification 125.2 kB
  • After compression 26.7 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 111.8 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 148.6 kB

  • Original 4.8 MB
  • After minification 4.6 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. FOR Cardiff images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-59%

Potential reduce by 1.0 MB

  • Original 1.8 MB
  • After minification 1.8 MB
  • After compression 715.0 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 1.0 MB or 59% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 341.8 kB

  • Original 403.6 kB
  • After minification 385.0 kB
  • After compression 61.8 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. Forcardiff.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 341.8 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 44 (54%)

Requests Now

82

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 82 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of FOR Cardiff. 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 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

forcardiff.com

forcardiff.com

192 ms

www.forcardiff.com

www.forcardiff.com

1313 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

105 ms

js

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140 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

284 ms

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styles.css

290 ms

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292 ms

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375 ms

settings.css

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378 ms

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451 ms

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367 ms

cookie-law-info-public.js

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469 ms

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382 ms

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467 ms

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636 ms

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171 ms

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628 ms

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724 ms

plugin.min.js

plugin.min.js

468 ms

style.css

style.css

535 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

69 ms

sass.min.css

sass.min.css

618 ms

amends.css

amends.css

539 ms

js

js

167 ms

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

826 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

699 ms

jquery-2.2.4.js

jquery-2.2.4.js

77 ms

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js

115 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

84 ms

plugins.min.js

plugins.min.js

823 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

699 ms

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

jquery.matchHeight-min.js

77 ms

typeahead.jquery.min.js

typeahead.jquery.min.js

817 ms

global.js

global.js

817 ms

cookie-law-info-table.css

cookie-law-info-table.css

817 ms

app.js

app.js

836 ms

index.js

index.js

837 ms

index.js

index.js

882 ms

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

jquery.themepunch.tools.min.js

882 ms

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

jquery.themepunch.revolution.min.js

968 ms

typeahead-search.js

typeahead-search.js

883 ms

api.js

api.js

100 ms

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

wp-polyfill-inert.min.js

966 ms

regenerator-runtime.min.js

regenerator-runtime.min.js

967 ms

wp-polyfill.min.js

wp-polyfill.min.js

1024 ms

index.js

index.js

968 ms

js

js

74 ms

logo.png

logo.png

194 ms

thumbnail.jpg

thumbnail.jpg

209 ms

Card-app-cocktail-club-asset1-slider-rev-6.jpg

Card-app-cocktail-club-asset1-slider-rev-6.jpg

659 ms

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388 ms

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383 ms

CAF-3rd-round-slider3-1.jpg

CAF-3rd-round-slider3-1.jpg

741 ms

industry-standards-logo.png

industry-standards-logo.png

387 ms

atcm-purple-flag.png

atcm-purple-flag.png

386 ms

institute-place-management.png

institute-place-management.png

387 ms

bid-foundation.png

bid-foundation.png

484 ms

living-wage.png

living-wage.png

486 ms

british-bids.png

british-bids.png

486 ms

icomoon.ttf

icomoon.ttf

430 ms

homePageSignUp-whiteStripes@4x.png

homePageSignUp-whiteStripes@4x.png

503 ms

Reskin-BID-Hero-Images16-1024x517-1.jpg

Reskin-BID-Hero-Images16-1024x517-1.jpg

504 ms

bid2-surveybg.jpg

bid2-surveybg.jpg

505 ms

FORCardiff-students-image.jpg

FORCardiff-students-image.jpg

501 ms

FORCardiff-city-life-image.jpg

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558 ms

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616 ms

FORCardiff-slider-image-1-newer.jpg

FORCardiff-slider-image-1-newer.jpg

655 ms

FORCardiff-independents-image.jpg

FORCardiff-independents-image.jpg

577 ms

Events-header-image-1.jpg

Events-header-image-1.jpg

753 ms

cardiff_council.png

cardiff_council.png

751 ms

29.02.24-L-R-Cllr-Thorne-Richard-Williams-Nia-Wood-Gaiger-2-scaled.jpg

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783 ms

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852 ms

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755 ms

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869 ms

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896 ms

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851 ms

footer-yellowStripes@4x.png

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862 ms

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footer-whiteStripes@4x.png

809 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

262 ms

revolution.extension.video.min.js

revolution.extension.video.min.js

688 ms

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

revolution.extension.slideanims.min.js

683 ms

revolution.extension.actions.min.js

revolution.extension.actions.min.js

697 ms

revolution.extension.layeranimation.min.js

revolution.extension.layeranimation.min.js

693 ms

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71 ms

Accessibility Review

forcardiff.com accessibility score

88

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

forcardiff.com best practices score

83

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

SEO Factors

forcardiff.com 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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Forcardiff.com 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 Forcardiff.com 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

forcardiff.com

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