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Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 63% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    82% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    71% of websites

chicagochurch.org

Chicago Church of Christ | Chicagoland Church Community | CCOC

Page Load Speed

3.8 sec in total

First Response

725 ms

Resources Loaded

2.5 sec

Page Rendered

597 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Chicagochurch.org page load time and found that the first response time was 725 ms and then it took 3.1 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

chicagochurch.org performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

66/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

77/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value40.4 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value53,370 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.104

88/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value67.2 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

chicagochurch.org

725 ms

jcemediabox.css

184 ms

style.css

202 ms

ja.slideshow.css

200 ms

mootools.js

383 ms

Our browser made a total of 63 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 86% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Chicagochurch.org, 3% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Facebook.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (725 ms) belongs to the original domain Chicagochurch.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 529.0 kB (48%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

562.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Chicagochurch.org main page is 1.1 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. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 375.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 36.6 kB

  • Original 47.7 kB
  • After minification 46.1 kB
  • After compression 11.1 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 36.6 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 0 B

  • Original 375.2 kB
  • After minification 375.2 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. Chicago Church images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 228.5 kB

  • Original 323.8 kB
  • After minification 299.7 kB
  • After compression 95.3 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 228.5 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 263.9 kB

  • Original 345.1 kB
  • After minification 331.8 kB
  • After compression 81.2 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. Chicagochurch.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 263.9 kB or 76% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 30 (48%)

Requests Now

62

After Optimization

32

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 62 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Chicago Church. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 11 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 12 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

chicagochurch.org

chicagochurch.org

725 ms

jcemediabox.css

jcemediabox.css

184 ms

style.css

style.css

202 ms

ja.slideshow.css

ja.slideshow.css

200 ms

mootools.js

mootools.js

383 ms

caption.js

caption.js

201 ms

jcemediabox.js

jcemediabox.js

322 ms

system.css

system.css

261 ms

general.css

general.css

261 ms

addons.css

addons.css

262 ms

layout.css

layout.css

261 ms

template.css

template.css

416 ms

typo.css

typo.css

347 ms

ja.script.js

ja.script.js

348 ms

ja.ddmod.js

ja.ddmod.js

411 ms

mega.css

mega.css

410 ms

mega.js

mega.js

495 ms

default.css

default.css

428 ms

mc-validate.js

mc-validate.js

49 ms

ja.slideshow.js

ja.slideshow.js

406 ms

css3.css

css3.css

66 ms

icon-min.gif

icon-min.gif

127 ms

icon-max.gif

icon-max.gif

127 ms

body-top.jpg

body-top.jpg

97 ms

logo.png

logo.png

210 ms

grad1-mask.gif

grad1-mask.gif

88 ms

grad1-mask.png

grad1-mask.png

88 ms

arrow3.png

arrow3.png

105 ms

gm-blue-dot.png

gm-blue-dot.png

106 ms

gm-green-dot.png

gm-green-dot.png

126 ms

gm-ltblue-dot.png

gm-ltblue-dot.png

129 ms

gm-pink-dot.png

gm-pink-dot.png

130 ms

gm-purple-dot.png

gm-purple-dot.png

206 ms

gm-red-dot.png

gm-red-dot.png

205 ms

gm-dkgreen-dot.png

gm-dkgreen-dot.png

206 ms

gm-yellow-dot.png

gm-yellow-dot.png

206 ms

find-a-location-color.png

find-a-location-color.png

255 ms

grad1.gif

grad1.gif

237 ms

homepage-banner-1.jpg

homepage-banner-1.jpg

361 ms

20160423-TalentShow.jpg

20160423-TalentShow.jpg

312 ms

20160320-Spanish-Worship.jpg

20160320-Spanish-Worship.jpg

251 ms

20160416-Singles-Murder-Mystery.jpg

20160416-Singles-Murder-Mystery.jpg

330 ms

2016-north-amer-discipleship-summit.jpg

2016-north-amer-discipleship-summit.jpg

425 ms

2016-north-amer-discipleship-summit-150.jpg

2016-north-amer-discipleship-summit-150.jpg

315 ms

OnlineGivingVert1.jpg

OnlineGivingVert1.jpg

315 ms

makingdisciples-vertical.jpg

makingdisciples-vertical.jpg

421 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

422 ms

homepage-banner-2.jpg

homepage-banner-2.jpg

409 ms

main-bg.jpg

main-bg.jpg

328 ms

ccoc-container-top.jpg

ccoc-container-top.jpg

340 ms

ccoc-container-background.jpg

ccoc-container-background.jpg

344 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

258 ms

black-rounded-top.png

black-rounded-top.png

329 ms

t3-logo.png

t3-logo.png

378 ms

ga.js

ga.js

26 ms

popup.html

popup.html

304 ms

tooltip.html

tooltip.html

304 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

36 ms

153 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

270 ms

like.php

like.php

95 ms

TY3MhkXpWJ-.js

TY3MhkXpWJ-.js

308 ms

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

LVx-xkvaJ0b.png

335 ms

Accessibility Review

chicagochurch.org accessibility score

86

Accessibility Issues

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.

Names and labels

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.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

chicagochurch.org best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

chicagochurch.org SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

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

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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 Chicagochurch.org 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 Chicagochurch.org 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

chicagochurch.org

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