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Report Summary

  • 50

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 65

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    25% of websites

uits.knust.edu.gh

Home - University Information Technology Services

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

608 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

118 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Uits.knust.edu.gh page load time and found that the first response time was 608 ms and then it took 1.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

uits.knust.edu.gh performance score

50

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.0 s

6/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.8 s

23/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value80 ms

99/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.218

57/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.3 s

61/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

uits.knust.edu.gh

608 ms

default.css

322 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

541 ms

scripts.js

449 ms

custom.css

484 ms

Our browser made a total of 25 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Uits.knust.edu.gh and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (608 ms) belongs to the original domain Uits.knust.edu.gh.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 187.3 kB (44%)

Content Size

430.2 kB

After Optimization

242.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Uits.knust.edu.gh main page is 430.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 20% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 249.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 12.0 kB

  • Original 15.5 kB
  • After minification 13.1 kB
  • After compression 3.5 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 2.4 kB, which is 16% 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 12.0 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 58.0 kB

  • Original 249.8 kB
  • After minification 191.8 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. Obviously, Uits Knust needs image optimization as it can save up to 58.0 kB or 23% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-68%

Potential reduce by 86.0 kB

  • Original 126.8 kB
  • After minification 115.7 kB
  • After compression 40.7 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 86.0 kB or 68% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 31.3 kB

  • Original 38.2 kB
  • After minification 30.3 kB
  • After compression 6.9 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. Uits.knust.edu.gh needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 31.3 kB or 82% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (33%)

Requests Now

24

After Optimization

16

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 24 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Uits Knust. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

uits.knust.edu.gh

uits.knust.edu.gh

608 ms

default.css

default.css

322 ms

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

jquery-1.7.1.min.js

541 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

449 ms

custom.css

custom.css

484 ms

spotlight.css

spotlight.css

515 ms

general.js

general.js

564 ms

search-magnifier.png

search-magnifier.png

126 ms

spotlight9.jpg

spotlight9.jpg

188 ms

spotlight8.jpg

spotlight8.jpg

188 ms

spotlight6.jpg

spotlight6.jpg

197 ms

slide-bg.png

slide-bg.png

133 ms

ict-support.png

ict-support.png

197 ms

sds.jpg

sds.jpg

312 ms

web.png

web.png

318 ms

noid.png

noid.png

434 ms

block-title-bg.png

block-title-bg.png

312 ms

menu-pointer.png

menu-pointer.png

437 ms

email-icon.png

email-icon.png

319 ms

news-tab-bg.png

news-tab-bg.png

429 ms

news-bg.png

news-bg.png

436 ms

quicklinks-bg.png

quicklinks-bg.png

422 ms

ql-icons.png

ql-icons.png

425 ms

silde-nav.png

silde-nav.png

534 ms

print.css

print.css

64 ms

Accessibility Review

uits.knust.edu.gh accessibility score

89

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Best Practices

uits.knust.edu.gh 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

uits.knust.edu.gh SEO score

65

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

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 Uits.knust.edu.gh 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 Uits.knust.edu.gh 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

uits.knust.edu.gh

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