Access nwulib.nwu.ac.za. NWU User Verification: Off-Campus Database Access

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

24/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.7 s

32/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.3 s

58/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value10 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.01

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.2 s

86/100

10%

nwulib.nwu.ac.za

853 ms

login

653 ms

login

1286 ms

nwu-logo-ezproxy.gif

1700 ms

Our browser made a total of 4 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 75% of them (3 requests) were addressed to the original Nwulib.nwu.ac.za, 25% (1 request) were made to Library.nwu.ac.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.7 sec) relates to the external source Library.nwu.ac.za.

Content Size

4.9 kB

After Optimization

1.5 kB

In fact, the total size of Nwulib.nwu.ac.za main page is 4.9 kB. This result falls within a vast category (top 1 000 000) of heavyweight, probably not optimized, and thus slow loading web pages. Only a small number of websites need less resources to load. HTML takes 4.9 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-69%

Potential reduce by 3.4 kB

Original 4.9 kB
After minification 4.1 kB
After compression 1.5 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 837 B, which is 17% 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 3.4 kB or 69% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 1 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of NWU Lib. According to our analytics all requests are already optimized.

Accessibility Issues

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.

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

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

High

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

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

High

Serves images with low resolution

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Page is blocked from indexing

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

EN
Encoding

WINDOWS-1252

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Nwulib.nwu.ac.za 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 Nwulib.nwu.ac.za main page’s claimed encoding is windows-1252. 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

nwulib.nwu.ac.za

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of NWU Lib. 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: