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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

7/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value18.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value15.7 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,140 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.565

12/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value31.2 s

0/100

10%

67 ms

jquery-ui-default.min.css

27 ms

ads.min.css

34 ms

ads_demo.min.css

32 ms

navigation.core.css

31 ms

Our browser made a total of 112 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Events.richmond.com, 7% (8 requests) were made to Richmond.com and 6% (7 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (240 ms) relates to the external source Fonts.googleapis.com.

Content Size

2.7 MB

After Optimization

1.1 MB

In fact, the total size of Events.richmond.com main page is 2.7 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. 80% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Javascripts take 1.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 164.7 kB

Original 199.2 kB
After minification 163.5 kB
After compression 34.6 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 35.7 kB, which is 18% 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 164.7 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 26.4 kB

Original 512.4 kB
After minification 485.9 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. Events Richmond images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 851.8 kB

Original 1.3 MB
After minification 1.3 MB
After compression 431.0 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 851.8 kB or 66% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 612.2 kB

Original 722.3 kB
After minification 605.4 kB
After compression 110.0 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. Events.richmond.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 612.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Now

104

After Optimization

The browser has sent 104 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Events Richmond. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 43 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 21 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

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 semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

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

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

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

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

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 Events.richmond.com 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 Events.richmond.com 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

events.richmond.com

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

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

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Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

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ads.min.css

ads_demo.min.css

navigation.core.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

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navigation.accordion.js

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