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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 71

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 36% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    94% of websites

pxl.be

Hogeschool PXL

Page Load Speed

15.9 sec in total

First Response

1.5 sec

Resources Loaded

13.5 sec

Page Rendered

886 ms

pxl.be screenshot

About Website

Welcome to pxl.be homepage info - get ready to check PXL best content for Belgium right away, or after learning these important things about pxl.be

De hogeschool met het netwerk. Hasselt, Diepenbeek en Genk. 18 graduaatsopleidingen, 20 bachelors, 3 masters, 41 afstudeerrichtingen. Onderwijs, onderzoek, dienstverlening en beoefening van de kunsten...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Pxl.be page load time and found that the first response time was 1.5 sec and then it took 14.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

pxl.be performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value19.0 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value560 ms

52/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.024

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value25.5 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.pxl.be

1485 ms

ScfStyles.css

108 ms

Smartlet-Shared-Style.css

242 ms

Smartlet-Compact-Box-Style.css

276 ms

Cookie-Policy-Smartlet-Skin.css

277 ms

Our browser made a total of 64 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Pxl.be and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (10.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Pxl.be.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 718.0 kB (7%)

Content Size

9.6 MB

After Optimization

8.9 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Pxl.be main page is 9.6 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 9.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 47.5 kB

  • Original 57.0 kB
  • After minification 44.9 kB
  • After compression 9.6 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 12.2 kB, which is 21% 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 47.5 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 508.9 kB

  • Original 9.3 MB
  • After minification 8.8 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. PXL images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-63%

Potential reduce by 148.6 kB

  • Original 235.8 kB
  • After minification 230.9 kB
  • After compression 87.2 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 148.6 kB or 63% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-32%

Potential reduce by 13.1 kB

  • Original 40.4 kB
  • After minification 40.4 kB
  • After compression 27.3 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. Pxl.be needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 13.1 kB or 32% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (39%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

38

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of PXL. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.pxl.be

www.pxl.be

1485 ms

ScfStyles.css

ScfStyles.css

108 ms

Smartlet-Shared-Style.css

Smartlet-Shared-Style.css

242 ms

Smartlet-Compact-Box-Style.css

Smartlet-Compact-Box-Style.css

276 ms

Cookie-Policy-Smartlet-Skin.css

Cookie-Policy-Smartlet-Skin.css

277 ms

myfontswebfontskit.css

myfontswebfontskit.css

271 ms

style.css

style.css

452 ms

magnific-popup.min.css

magnific-popup.min.css

272 ms

PXL_Customcss.css

PXL_Customcss.css

345 ms

flickity.min.css

flickity.min.css

364 ms

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

jquery-1.7.2.min.js

959 ms

jquery.scf.js

jquery.scf.js

462 ms

ScfScripts.js

ScfScripts.js

468 ms

smartsite.net

smartsite.net

440 ms

default.js

default.js

461 ms

flickity.pkgd.min.js

flickity.pkgd.min.js

620 ms

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

543 ms

magnific.js

magnific.js

543 ms

js.cookie.js

js.cookie.js

546 ms

colorbox_homepage.js

colorbox_homepage.js

558 ms

jquery.colorbox-min.js

jquery.colorbox-min.js

636 ms

search.png

search.png

100 ms

logo.png

logo.png

100 ms

PXL-%20proclamatie%20groepsfoto%20-%20HR%20-%20final.jpg

PXL-%20proclamatie%20groepsfoto%20-%20HR%20-%20final.jpg

5904 ms

Schrijf%20je%20nu%20in.jpg

Schrijf%20je%20nu%20in.jpg

8978 ms

Stockfoto%20werken%20waterleiding.jpg

Stockfoto%20werken%20waterleiding.jpg

10359 ms

05_tegel_infodag_7-9.jpg

05_tegel_infodag_7-9.jpg

2080 ms

Master%20in%20het%20basisonderwijs.jpg

Master%20in%20het%20basisonderwijs.jpg

2977 ms

laptopaanbod%202324.png

laptopaanbod%202324.png

653 ms

PXL-NeXT-Postgraduaten-slider-PXL.jpg

PXL-NeXT-Postgraduaten-slider-PXL.jpg

2834 ms

Bereikbaarheid.jpg

Bereikbaarheid.jpg

8371 ms

20200425PXLOpleidingen.jpg

20200425PXLOpleidingen.jpg

9635 ms

empty_pixel.png

empty_pixel.png

3067 ms

overzicht_arrow.png

overzicht_arrow.png

3161 ms

PXL%20Kiest%20Uit%202024%20thumbnail%20video.png

PXL%20Kiest%20Uit%202024%20thumbnail%20video.png

3936 ms

icon-play.svg

icon-play.svg

4031 ms

PXL-Proclamatie-Zondag-Kinepolis-WEB-004.jpg

PXL-Proclamatie-Zondag-Kinepolis-WEB-004.jpg

4176 ms

arrow_white_right_margin-25.png

arrow_white_right_margin-25.png

4269 ms

Business.jpg

Business.jpg

8758 ms

logo_klein.png

logo_klein.png

5995 ms

applicatieontwikkeling.jpg

applicatieontwikkeling.jpg

8774 ms

Education.jpg

Education.jpg

8706 ms

1314_groenmanagement_kbl1.jpg

1314_groenmanagement_kbl1.jpg

8823 ms

Healthcare.jpg

Healthcare.jpg

8875 ms

grafischontwerp.jpg

grafischontwerp.jpg

8910 ms

Media_Tourism.jpg

Media_Tourism.jpg

8938 ms

Music.jpg

Music.jpg

8989 ms

Social_Work.jpg

Social_Work.jpg

9028 ms

1314_homepagina_avondonderwijs.jpg

1314_homepagina_avondonderwijs.jpg

9052 ms

1314_homepagina_werken_leren_combineren.jpg

1314_homepagina_werken_leren_combineren.jpg

9090 ms

1314_vervolgopleidingen_405x270%20.jpg

1314_vervolgopleidingen_405x270%20.jpg

9107 ms

Duurzaamheid_SDG.jpg

Duurzaamheid_SDG.jpg

9414 ms

Ben_Lambrechts.jpg

Ben_Lambrechts.jpg

9148 ms

logo_98.png

logo_98.png

9182 ms

Facebook.png

Facebook.png

9200 ms

Instagram.png

Instagram.png

9241 ms

Linkedin.png

Linkedin.png

9224 ms

neue-helvetica-bold-extended.woff

neue-helvetica-bold-extended.woff

9200 ms

Snapchat.png

Snapchat.png

9239 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

8717 ms

Youtube.png

Youtube.png

7310 ms

bullet.png

bullet.png

6597 ms

white_90_transparent.png

white_90_transparent.png

6487 ms

search-icon.png

search-icon.png

6415 ms

Accessibility Review

pxl.be accessibility score

71

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Links do not have a discernible name

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.

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

pxl.be 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

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

pxl.be SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    NL

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Pxl.be can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Dutch is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Pxl.be 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

pxl.be

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