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Report Summary

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value12.0 s

0/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.0 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value130 ms

96/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.3 s

15/100

10%

login

153 ms

normalize.css

40 ms

bootstrap-grid.min.css

101 ms

material-components-web.min.css

385 ms

materialdesignicons.min.css

229 ms

Our browser made a total of 16 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Connect.cuchicago.edu, 6% (1 request) were made to Webforms.cuchicago.edu. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (440 ms) relates to the external source Cas.cuchicago.edu.

Content Size

25.3 kB

After Optimization

13.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Connect.cuchicago.edu main page is 25.3 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. 15% of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 17.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 9.2 kB

Original 17.2 kB
After minification 15.2 kB
After compression 8.0 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 1.9 kB, which is 11% 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 9.2 kB or 53% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 3.0 kB

Original 8.1 kB
After minification 5.1 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. Obviously, Connect CUChicago needs image optimization as it can save up to 3.0 kB or 37% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 14 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Connect CUChicago. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

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.

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

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 Connect.cuchicago.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 Connect.cuchicago.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

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