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army.mil.za

2045 ms

army.css

748 ms

menu.css

508 ms

menu.js

1030 ms

items.js

768 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 Army.mil.za and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) belongs to the original domain Army.mil.za.

Content Size

506.7 kB

After Optimization

372.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Army.mil.za main page is 506.7 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 374.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 94.2 kB

Original 102.4 kB
After minification 72.5 kB
After compression 8.2 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 29.9 kB, which is 29% 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 94.2 kB or 92% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 18.0 kB

Original 374.2 kB
After minification 356.2 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. Army images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-72%

Potential reduce by 18.0 kB

Original 25.1 kB
After minification 22.8 kB
After compression 7.0 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 18.0 kB or 72% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 4.1 kB

Original 5.1 kB
After minification 3.4 kB
After compression 1.0 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. Army.mil.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.1 kB or 80% of the original size.

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After Optimization

The browser has sent 60 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Army. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.