Access openaccess.eprints.org. Open Access Archivangelism

Report Summary

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

53/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

80/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.3 s

90/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value30 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.205

60/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value3.0 s

96/100

10%

openaccess.eprints.org

1115 ms

index.php

268 ms

acadfreedom.png

555 ms

baby2.jpg

323 ms

shockedbaby.jpg

166 ms

Our browser made a total of 17 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 88% of them (15 requests) were addressed to the original Openaccess.eprints.org, 6% (1 request) were made to Buttons.googlesyndication.com and 6% (1 request) were made to Licensebuttons.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.1 sec) belongs to the original domain Openaccess.eprints.org.

Content Size

546.6 kB

After Optimization

382.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Openaccess.eprints.org main page is 546.6 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. Only 10% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 428.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 90.0 kB

Original 118.3 kB
After minification 102.6 kB
After compression 28.4 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 15.8 kB, which is 13% 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 90.0 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-17%

Potential reduce by 74.4 kB

Original 428.3 kB
After minification 353.8 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, Open Access Eprints needs image optimization as it can save up to 74.4 kB or 17% 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 16 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Open Access Eprints. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Issues

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 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 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>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

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

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

N/A
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Openaccess.eprints.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Unfortunately we cannot identify language used on the page (probably there is a mix of languages, too little text or something else), while the claimed language is English. Our system also found out that Openaccess.eprints.org main page’s claimed encoding is iso-8859-1. Changing it to UTF-8 can be a good choice, as this format is commonly used for encoding all over the web and thus their visitors won’t have any troubles with symbol transcription or reading.

Social Sharing Optimization

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