Access tlu.edu. Texas Lutheran University | TLU | Private College

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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

22/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.1 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

32/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value290 ms

80/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.9 s

16/100

10%

tlu.edu

77 ms

www.tlu.edu

150 ms

css

24 ms

www.tlu.edu

45 ms

www.tlu.edu

51 ms

Our browser made a total of 92 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 83% of them (76 requests) were addressed to the original Tlu.edu, 5% (5 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.youvisit.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Tlu.edu.

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

In fact, the total size of Tlu.edu main page is 1.8 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 1.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 40.2 kB

Original 49.9 kB
After minification 40.1 kB
After compression 9.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 9.8 kB, which is 20% 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 40.2 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 81.5 kB

Original 1.5 MB
After minification 1.4 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. TLU images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 28.1 kB

Original 95.6 kB
After minification 93.4 kB
After compression 67.5 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 28.1 kB or 29% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 111.7 kB

Original 130.3 kB
After minification 110.7 kB
After compression 18.7 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. Tlu.edu needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 111.7 kB or 86% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 82 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of TLU. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Links do not have descriptive text

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

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/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

N/A
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Tlu.edu can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English 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 Tlu.edu 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

tlu.edu

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Texas Lutheran University | TLU | Private College | Small College

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

tlu.edu

www.tlu.edu

css

www.tlu.edu

www.tlu.edu

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

tlu.edu

www.tlu.edu

css

www.tlu.edu

www.tlu.edu

www.tlu.edu

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