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Report Summary

  • 31

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    51% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 82% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 99

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    93% of websites

citylore.org

Home - City Lore

Page Load Speed

1.1 sec in total

First Response

62 ms

Resources Loaded

706 ms

Page Rendered

290 ms

citylore.org screenshot

About Website

Click here to check amazing City Lore content for United States. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about citylore.org

City Lore’s mission is to foster New York City – and America’s – living cultural heritage through education and public programs in service of cultural equity and social justice.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Citylore.org page load time and found that the first response time was 62 ms and then it took 996 ms to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 20% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

citylore.org performance score

31

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

15/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.7 s

16/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value770 ms

38/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.7 s

14/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

citylore.org

62 ms

style.css

14 ms

royalslider.css

45 ms

minimal.css

47 ms

css

56 ms

Our browser made a total of 54 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 65% of them (35 requests) were addressed to the original Citylore.org, 13% (7 requests) were made to Google.com and 6% (3 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (214 ms) relates to the external source Google-analytics.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 337.8 kB (30%)

Content Size

1.1 MB

After Optimization

778.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Citylore.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. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 697.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 49.4 kB

  • Original 64.5 kB
  • After minification 63.4 kB
  • After compression 15.1 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 49.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 32.4 kB

  • Original 697.2 kB
  • After minification 664.8 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. City Lore images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 217.7 kB

  • Original 308.5 kB
  • After minification 264.6 kB
  • After compression 90.8 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 217.7 kB or 71% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 38.3 kB

  • Original 46.0 kB
  • After minification 32.2 kB
  • After compression 7.7 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. Citylore.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 38.3 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 33 (65%)

Requests Now

51

After Optimization

18

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 51 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of City Lore. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 21 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

citylore.org

citylore.org

62 ms

style.css

style.css

14 ms

royalslider.css

royalslider.css

45 ms

minimal.css

minimal.css

47 ms

css

css

56 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.7.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.7.css

47 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

59 ms

jquery-migrate.min.js

jquery-migrate.min.js

50 ms

jquery.royal-slider.min.js

jquery.royal-slider.min.js

50 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.min.js

jquery.easing.1.3.min.js

54 ms

noConflict.js

noConflict.js

54 ms

audio-player.js

audio-player.js

55 ms

menu_style.css

menu_style.css

85 ms

jquery.timers-1.1.2.js

jquery.timers-1.1.2.js

87 ms

jquery.easing.1.3.js

jquery.easing.1.3.js

88 ms

jquery.galleryview-2.0.js

jquery.galleryview-2.0.js

89 ms

galleryview.css

galleryview.css

90 ms

wp-embed.min.js

wp-embed.min.js

107 ms

core.min.js

core.min.js

108 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.7.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.7.js

114 ms

jquery.easing.pack.js

jquery.easing.pack.js

116 ms

jquery.mousewheel.min.js

jquery.mousewheel.min.js

187 ms

ga.js

ga.js

35 ms

wp-emoji-release.min.js

wp-emoji-release.min.js

212 ms

all.js

all.js

169 ms

cse.js

cse.js

153 ms

bac-citylore-teal.jpg

bac-citylore-teal.jpg

158 ms

citylore-logo.png

citylore-logo.png

149 ms

blank.gif

blank.gif

149 ms

citylore_gallery-200x150.png

citylore_gallery-200x150.png

155 ms

nuyorican_500x375-200x150.jpg

nuyorican_500x375-200x150.jpg

149 ms

NEH_Institute_Tiny-01.png

NEH_Institute_Tiny-01.png

153 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

148 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

148 ms

youtube.png

youtube.png

149 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

214 ms

grab.png

grab.png

156 ms

controls-sprite.png

controls-sprite.png

157 ms

Boardwalk-Renaissance.jpg

Boardwalk-Renaissance.jpg

158 ms

preloader.gif

preloader.gif

156 ms

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1TiHc9yag0wq3lDO9cw0vqCWcynf_cDxXwCLxiixG1c.ttf

145 ms

jsapi

jsapi

62 ms

96 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

86 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

148 ms

default+en.css

default+en.css

24 ms

minimalist.css

minimalist.css

63 ms

default+en.I.js

default+en.I.js

27 ms

minimalist.css

minimalist.css

85 ms

async-ads.js

async-ads.js

55 ms

small-logo.png

small-logo.png

39 ms

clear.gif

clear.gif

58 ms

nav_logo114.png

nav_logo114.png

15 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

11 ms

Accessibility Review

citylore.org accessibility score

93

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

citylore.org 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

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

citylore.org SEO score

99

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 Citylore.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 Citylore.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

citylore.org

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of City Lore. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: