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Report Summary

  • 41

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    52% of websites

retrodesignuk.com

Personalised Vintage Gifts - Reproduction Road Signs | Retro Design UK

Page Load Speed

5.1 sec in total

First Response

916 ms

Resources Loaded

3.8 sec

Page Rendered

356 ms

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About Website

Visit retrodesignuk.com now to see the best up-to-date Retro Design UK content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about retrodesignuk.com

We manufacture, retail & wholesale personalised vintage gifts, including: reproduction road signs, wooden boxes & shabby chic vintage furniture. We are a family owned business based in Kent.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Retrodesignuk.com page load time and found that the first response time was 916 ms and then it took 4.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 65% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

retrodesignuk.com performance score

41

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

33/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.4 s

9/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.3 s

42/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value220 ms

87/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.688

7/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value8.2 s

40/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

index.asp

916 ms

jquery.min.js

33 ms

css

43 ms

fa.css

43 ms

responsive-grid.css

80 ms

Our browser made a total of 56 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 7% of them (4 requests) were addressed to the original Retrodesignuk.com, 34% (19 requests) were made to 41.cdn.ekm.net and 27% (15 requests) were made to Files.ekmcdn.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.1 sec) relates to the external source Files.ekmcdn.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 56.2 kB (3%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

2.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Retrodesignuk.com main page is 2.1 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 41.0 kB

  • Original 51.9 kB
  • After minification 42.2 kB
  • After compression 10.9 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 9.7 kB, which is 19% 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 41.0 kB or 79% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 95 B

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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. Retro Design UK images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 3.5 kB

  • Original 82.6 kB
  • After minification 82.6 kB
  • After compression 79.1 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

-17%

Potential reduce by 11.5 kB

  • Original 68.5 kB
  • After minification 68.3 kB
  • After compression 57.0 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. Retrodesignuk.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 11.5 kB or 17% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 23 (49%)

Requests Now

47

After Optimization

24

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 47 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Retro Design UK. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 13 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

index.asp

index.asp

916 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

33 ms

css

css

43 ms

fa.css

fa.css

43 ms

responsive-grid.css

responsive-grid.css

80 ms

styles.dymc.css

styles.dymc.css

477 ms

swiper-css.css

swiper-css.css

310 ms

shopui.css

shopui.css

58 ms

css

css

67 ms

js

js

67 ms

showdata-thumbnailhover.min.js

showdata-thumbnailhover.min.js

39 ms

showdata-thumbnailhover.css

showdata-thumbnailhover.css

43 ms

softcart.min.css

softcart.min.css

50 ms

softcart.min.js

softcart.min.js

55 ms

historytracker.js

historytracker.js

56 ms

productimagebadge.css

productimagebadge.css

54 ms

productimagebadge.min.js

productimagebadge.min.js

55 ms

ekm-banner.css

ekm-banner.css

55 ms

isMobileDevice.js

isMobileDevice.js

63 ms

ekm-banner.js

ekm-banner.js

64 ms

shopui.js

shopui.js

63 ms

stats-global.js

stats-global.js

421 ms

script.js

script.js

41 ms

swiper-min.js

swiper-min.js

359 ms

css

css

20 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

37 ms

hotjar-512773.js

hotjar-512773.js

137 ms

logo.png

logo.png

34 ms

delta.png

delta.png

33 ms

sign-banner-metal-finish.jpg

sign-banner-metal-finish.jpg

117 ms

clock-banner-april-2020.jpg

clock-banner-april-2020.jpg

72 ms

sign-banner-industrial.jpg

sign-banner-industrial.jpg

2102 ms

furniture-button-retail.jpg

furniture-button-retail.jpg

72 ms

retail-industrial-coat-handing-and-mirrors.jpg

retail-industrial-coat-handing-and-mirrors.jpg

71 ms

retail-industrial-shop-clocks.jpg

retail-industrial-shop-clocks.jpg

73 ms

signs-retail-5.jpg

signs-retail-5.jpg

73 ms

boxes-crates-&-trays-retial.jpg

boxes-crates-&-trays-retial.jpg

72 ms

handicrafts-retail.jpg

handicrafts-retail.jpg

73 ms

art-retail.jpg

art-retail.jpg

74 ms

plant-pots-and-garden-button-retail.jpg

plant-pots-and-garden-button-retail.jpg

74 ms

retail-metal-work.jpg

retail-metal-work.jpg

75 ms

visa-electron.png

visa-electron.png

32 ms

visa.png

visa.png

32 ms

maestro.png

maestro.png

51 ms

mastercard.png

mastercard.png

51 ms

paypal.png

paypal.png

51 ms

eur.png

eur.png

51 ms

gbp.png

gbp.png

51 ms

usd.png

usd.png

51 ms

fa-safe.css

fa-safe.css

21 ms

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S6u9w4BMUTPHh7USSwiPHA.ttf

38 ms

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWw.ttf

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWw.ttf

49 ms

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S6u9w4BMUTPHh6UVSwiPHA.ttf

52 ms

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S6u9w4BMUTPHh50XSwiPHA.ttf

59 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

14 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

7 ms

Accessibility Review

retrodesignuk.com accessibility score

88

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.

Best Practices

retrodesignuk.com best practices score

75

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

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

retrodesignuk.com SEO score

84

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

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 Retrodesignuk.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 Retrodesignuk.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

retrodesignuk.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Retro Design UK. 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: