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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

ukcsa.co.uk

UK Cast Stone Association (UKCSA) | UKCSA for all your cast stone information

Page Load Speed

7.8 sec in total

First Response

326 ms

Resources Loaded

5.6 sec

Page Rendered

1.9 sec

ukcsa.co.uk screenshot

About Website

Welcome to ukcsa.co.uk homepage info - get ready to check UKCSA best content right away, or after learning these important things about ukcsa.co.uk

The UK Cast Stone Association (UKCSA) is the main source for all of the information you will need about Cast Stone, its specification, manufacture and use.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ukcsa.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 326 ms and then it took 7.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 85% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ukcsa.co.uk performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value13.1 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value17.3 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value16.8 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value450 ms

63/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.179

67/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value24.6 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ukcsa.co.uk

326 ms

ukcsa.co.uk

1225 ms

css

60 ms

grid.css

240 ms

base.css

329 ms

Our browser made a total of 113 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 95% of them (107 requests) were addressed to the original Ukcsa.co.uk, 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.googleapis.com and 1% (1 request) were made to Google.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.4 sec) belongs to the original domain Ukcsa.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 1.5 MB (49%)

Content Size

3.1 MB

After Optimization

1.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ukcsa.co.uk main page is 3.1 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 69.5 kB

  • Original 82.8 kB
  • After minification 80.5 kB
  • After compression 13.3 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 69.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 75.8 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.3 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. UKCSA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 309.3 kB

  • Original 398.2 kB
  • After minification 299.8 kB
  • After compression 88.8 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 309.3 kB or 78% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 1.1 MB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.0 MB
  • After compression 149.5 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. Ukcsa.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 1.1 MB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 84 (77%)

Requests Now

109

After Optimization

25

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 109 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of UKCSA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 35 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 51 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ukcsa.co.uk

ukcsa.co.uk

326 ms

ukcsa.co.uk

ukcsa.co.uk

1225 ms

css

css

60 ms

grid.css

grid.css

240 ms

base.css

base.css

329 ms

layout.css

layout.css

403 ms

blog.css

blog.css

337 ms

postslider.css

postslider.css

253 ms

buttons.css

buttons.css

255 ms

buttons_fullwidth.css

buttons_fullwidth.css

324 ms

comments.css

comments.css

334 ms

contact.css

contact.css

343 ms

gallery.css

gallery.css

412 ms

grid_row.css

grid_row.css

413 ms

heading.css

heading.css

411 ms

hr.css

hr.css

417 ms

image.css

image.css

440 ms

masonry_entries.css

masonry_entries.css

476 ms

avia-snippet-site-preloader.css

avia-snippet-site-preloader.css

488 ms

portfolio.css

portfolio.css

488 ms

slideshow.css

slideshow.css

501 ms

slideshow_fullsize.css

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455 ms

social_share.css

social_share.css

477 ms

tabs.css

tabs.css

509 ms

toggles.css

toggles.css

530 ms

video.css

video.css

530 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

607 ms

animate.css

animate.css

696 ms

frontend.css

frontend.css

566 ms

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jquery-ui.css

600 ms

ebd-fileuploader.css

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613 ms

prettyPhoto.css

prettyPhoto.css

617 ms

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ebd-frontend.css

1014 ms

ebd-frontend-responsive.css

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690 ms

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brands.css

699 ms

solid.css

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701 ms

regular.css

regular.css

703 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

770 ms

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24 ms

api.js

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48 ms

font-awesome.css

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740 ms

linearicons.css

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617 ms

shortcodes.css

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633 ms

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648 ms

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613 ms

avia-snippet-widget.css

avia-snippet-widget.css

617 ms

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

mediaelementplayer-legacy.min.css

632 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.css

wp-mediaelement.min.css

623 ms

the_site.css

the_site.css

814 ms

custom.css

custom.css

618 ms

style.css

style.css

615 ms

jquery.bxslider.css

jquery.bxslider.css

741 ms

fontawesome-all.css

fontawesome-all.css

740 ms

styles.css

styles.css

734 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

805 ms

frontend.js

frontend.js

748 ms

ebd-fileuploader.js

ebd-fileuploader.js

737 ms

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

jquery.prettyPhoto.js

846 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

851 ms

datepicker.min.js

datepicker.min.js

891 ms

ebd-frontend.js

ebd-frontend.js

889 ms

avia-compat.js

avia-compat.js

856 ms

avia.js

avia.js

1352 ms

shortcodes.js

shortcodes.js

1342 ms

contact.js

contact.js

1306 ms

gallery.js

gallery.js

1272 ms

isotope.js

isotope.js

1263 ms

masonry_entries.js

masonry_entries.js

1258 ms

portfolio.js

portfolio.js

1308 ms

slideshow.js

slideshow.js

1239 ms

slideshow-video.js

slideshow-video.js

1235 ms

tabs.js

tabs.js

1233 ms

toggles.js

toggles.js

1179 ms

video.js

video.js

1234 ms

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

jquery.magnific-popup.min.js

1181 ms

avia-snippet-lightbox.js

avia-snippet-lightbox.js

1154 ms

avia-snippet-megamenu.js

avia-snippet-megamenu.js

1135 ms

avia-snippet-sticky-header.js

avia-snippet-sticky-header.js

1134 ms

avia-snippet-widget.js

avia-snippet-widget.js

1134 ms

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

mediaelement-and-player.min.js

1160 ms

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

mediaelement-migrate.min.js

1111 ms

wp-mediaelement.min.js

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1073 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

1089 ms

track.js

track.js

1034 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

1023 ms

carousel.js

carousel.js

900 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

599 ms

UKCSA-logo-white.png

UKCSA-logo-white.png

573 ms

Setting-the-Standard-for-cast-stone-2.jpg

Setting-the-Standard-for-cast-stone-2.jpg

828 ms

Normandy-Manor-banner-1500x630.jpg

Normandy-Manor-banner-1500x630.jpg

910 ms

ENGLEMERE-banner.jpg

ENGLEMERE-banner.jpg

575 ms

Cast-Stone-for-House-Builders-450x338.jpg

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880 ms

cast-stone-commercial-retail-450x338.jpg

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881 ms

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866 ms

acanthus-logo2.png

acanthus-logo2.png

827 ms

amber-valley-stone-logo.jpg

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872 ms

top-bond-logo.jpg

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907 ms

crafstone-light-logo.png

crafstone-light-logo.png

908 ms

gb-logo-1.png

gb-logo-1.png

461 ms

haddonstone-logo.png

haddonstone-logo.png

461 ms

plean-precast-logo.jpg

plean-precast-logo.jpg

491 ms

procter_cast_stone_logo_2019.jpg

procter_cast_stone_logo_2019.jpg

491 ms

r-whitehead-logo.png

r-whitehead-logo.png

491 ms

thorverton-logo.png

thorverton-logo.png

489 ms

woodside-cast-stone.jpg

woodside-cast-stone.jpg

485 ms

facebook-icon.png

facebook-icon.png

438 ms

twitter-icon.png

twitter-icon.png

453 ms

linkedin-icon.png

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453 ms

youtube-icon.png

youtube-icon.png

450 ms

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520 ms

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519 ms

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875 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

344 ms

Accessibility Review

ukcsa.co.uk accessibility score

94

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

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.

Impact

Issue

High

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

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

ukcsa.co.uk 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

ukcsa.co.uk SEO score

98

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

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 Ukcsa.co.uk 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 Ukcsa.co.uk 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

ukcsa.co.uk

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