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Report Summary

  • 50

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    68% of other websites

  • 75

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 41% of websites

  • 67

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    24% of websites

  • 86

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    60% of websites

soullight.co.za

SOUL LIGHT Custom Lighting Manufacturer In Cape Town

Page Load Speed

18.1 sec in total

First Response

2.8 sec

Resources Loaded

15.1 sec

Page Rendered

170 ms

soullight.co.za screenshot

About Website

Visit soullight.co.za now to see the best up-to-date SOUL LIGHT content and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about soullight.co.za

The Leading Custom Lighting Manufacturer. Based in Cape Town, we Specialize in the Manufacturing of Standing, Table, Floor, Hanging, Pendant, Wall & Outdoor Lamps,

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Key Findings

We analyzed Soullight.co.za page load time and found that the first response time was 2.8 sec and then it took 15.3 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

soullight.co.za performance score

50

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.5 s

2/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.1 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value45.5 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value7.9 s

43/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.soullight.co.za

2848 ms

style.css

755 ms

style-Noise.css

516 ms

styles.css

502 ms

front.css

1011 ms

Our browser made a total of 78 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 92% of them (72 requests) were addressed to the original Soullight.co.za, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.8 sec) belongs to the original domain Soullight.co.za.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 484.4 kB (50%)

Content Size

970.9 kB

After Optimization

486.6 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Soullight.co.za main page is 970.9 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 362.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 29.9 kB

  • Original 39.1 kB
  • After minification 36.8 kB
  • After compression 9.3 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 29.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 255.6 kB
  • After minification 248.4 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. SOUL LIGHT images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-55%

Potential reduce by 200.4 kB

  • Original 362.5 kB
  • After minification 342.0 kB
  • After compression 162.0 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 200.4 kB or 55% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 246.8 kB

  • Original 313.7 kB
  • After minification 275.1 kB
  • After compression 66.8 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. Soullight.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 246.8 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 66 (87%)

Requests Now

76

After Optimization

10

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 76 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of SOUL LIGHT. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 26 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.soullight.co.za

www.soullight.co.za

2848 ms

style.css

style.css

755 ms

style-Noise.css

style-Noise.css

516 ms

styles.css

styles.css

502 ms

front.css

front.css

1011 ms

social_widget.css

social_widget.css

513 ms

dashicons.min.css

dashicons.min.css

1027 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

778 ms

social-icons.css

social-icons.css

778 ms

shortcodes.css

shortcodes.css

1016 ms

shortcodes_responsive.css

shortcodes_responsive.css

1001 ms

jetpack.css

jetpack.css

1256 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

1027 ms

page_templates.css

page_templates.css

1252 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

1762 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

2555 ms

front.js

front.js

1282 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

13 ms

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

1035 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

1252 ms

superfish.js

superfish.js

1258 ms

scrollTo.js

scrollTo.js

1291 ms

serialScroll.js

serialScroll.js

1291 ms

scripts.js

scripts.js

1499 ms

devicepx-jetpack.js

devicepx-jetpack.js

27 ms

underscore.min.js

underscore.min.js

1508 ms

backbone.min.js

backbone.min.js

1548 ms

api-request.min.js

api-request.min.js

1545 ms

wp-api.min.js

wp-api.min.js

1749 ms

gprofiles.js

gprofiles.js

29 ms

wpgroho.js

wpgroho.js

1757 ms

jquery.flexslider-min.js

jquery.flexslider-min.js

1765 ms

et_flexslider.js

et_flexslider.js

1802 ms

jquery.easing-1.3.pack.js

jquery.easing-1.3.pack.js

1803 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.pack.js

1995 ms

et-ptemplates-frontend.js

et-ptemplates-frontend.js

2022 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

2016 ms

e-202439.js

e-202439.js

28 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

1538 ms

soullight-custom-lighting-manufacturer-final-logo-text-only-grey-background-452-x-44.jpg

soullight-custom-lighting-manufacturer-final-logo-text-only-grey-background-452-x-44.jpg

258 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

258 ms

top-bg.png

top-bg.png

256 ms

menu-bg.png

menu-bg.png

253 ms

dropdown-bottom.png

dropdown-bottom.png

251 ms

search-bg.png

search-bg.png

251 ms

search-btn.png

search-btn.png

252 ms

shadow-bar-bg.png

shadow-bar-bg.png

499 ms

shadow-bar-centerbg.png

shadow-bar-centerbg.png

512 ms

intro-bg.png

intro-bg.png

500 ms

light-overlay.png

light-overlay.png

502 ms

featured-bottom-shadow.png

featured-bottom-shadow.png

510 ms

featured-leftshadow.png

featured-leftshadow.png

515 ms

featured-rightshadow.png

featured-rightshadow.png

745 ms

Soullight-Dome-Lights-Custom-Lighting-Manufacturer-960-x-663-960x447.jpg

Soullight-Dome-Lights-Custom-Lighting-Manufacturer-960-x-663-960x447.jpg

1736 ms

Custom-Lighting-Manufacturer-Custom-Light-Soullight1.jpg

Custom-Lighting-Manufacturer-Custom-Light-Soullight1.jpg

998 ms

featured-controllers-left.png

featured-controllers-left.png

766 ms

fromblog-bottom.png

fromblog-bottom.png

766 ms

ga.js

ga.js

35 ms

footer-overlay-bg.png

footer-overlay-bg.png

753 ms

footer-top-bg.png

footer-top-bg.png

976 ms

footer-top-centerbg.png

footer-top-centerbg.png

1008 ms

ColabThi-webfont.woff

ColabThi-webfont.woff

1005 ms

fromblog-mainbg.png

fromblog-mainbg.png

977 ms

fromblog-top-gradient.png

fromblog-top-gradient.png

1190 ms

slide-top-shadow.png

slide-top-shadow.png

1197 ms

slide-bottom-shadow.png

slide-bottom-shadow.png

1201 ms

description-top.png

description-top.png

1203 ms

description-center-outer.png

description-center-outer.png

1410 ms

description-center-inner.png

description-center-inner.png

1448 ms

description-bottom.png

description-bottom.png

1458 ms

featured-readmore.png

featured-readmore.png

1463 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

featured-controllers-bg.png

featured-controllers-bg.png

256 ms

featured-controllers-leftarrow.png

featured-controllers-leftarrow.png

256 ms

featured-controller-active.png

featured-controller-active.png

250 ms

featured-controller.png

featured-controller.png

252 ms

featured-controllers-rightarrow.png

featured-controllers-rightarrow.png

250 ms

featured-controllers-right.png

featured-controllers-right.png

502 ms

Accessibility Review

soullight.co.za accessibility score

75

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

soullight.co.za 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

soullight.co.za SEO score

86

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

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

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 Soullight.co.za 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 Soullight.co.za 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

soullight.co.za

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of SOUL LIGHT. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: