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Report Summary

  • 73

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    82% of other websites

  • 49

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 20% of websites

  • 50

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    19% of websites

  • 50

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    19% of websites

southerndesigner.com

Leading House Plans, Home Designs, Apartment Plans, Duplex Plans, Townhouse Plans

Page Load Speed

15.1 sec in total

First Response

221 ms

Resources Loaded

14.5 sec

Page Rendered

360 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Southerndesigner.com page load time and found that the first response time was 221 ms and then it took 14.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

southerndesigner.com performance score

73

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.2 s

76/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.0 s

26/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value170 ms

93/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.058

98/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value5.2 s

74/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

southerndesigner.com

221 ms

jquery.min.js

5 ms

galleria-1.2.6.min.js

70 ms

seal.js

68 ms

menu_quicksearch.jpg

165 ms

Our browser made a total of 60 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (54 requests) were addressed to the original Southerndesigner.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Verify.authorize.net and 2% (1 request) were made to Ajax.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (306 ms) relates to the external source Igreenbuild.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 140.7 kB (28%)

Content Size

510.6 kB

After Optimization

369.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Southerndesigner.com main page is 510.6 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. 25% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 391.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 51.1 kB

  • Original 62.3 kB
  • After minification 58.8 kB
  • After compression 11.2 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 51.1 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 51.0 kB

  • Original 391.4 kB
  • After minification 340.4 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, Southerndesigner needs image optimization as it can save up to 51.0 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-67%

Potential reduce by 34.9 kB

  • Original 52.3 kB
  • After minification 52.2 kB
  • After compression 17.4 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 34.9 kB or 67% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 3.7 kB

  • Original 4.6 kB
  • After minification 3.6 kB
  • After compression 942 B

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. Southerndesigner.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 3.7 kB or 80% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 3 (5%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

56

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Southerndesigner. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 4 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

southerndesigner.com

southerndesigner.com

221 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

5 ms

galleria-1.2.6.min.js

galleria-1.2.6.min.js

70 ms

seal.js

seal.js

68 ms

menu_quicksearch.jpg

menu_quicksearch.jpg

165 ms

1836.jpg

1836.jpg

306 ms

familyfriendly240x40.gif

familyfriendly240x40.gif

209 ms

logo.gif

logo.gif

69 ms

shopping.jpg

shopping.jpg

63 ms

shipping.jpg

shipping.jpg

64 ms

btn_home_over.jpg

btn_home_over.jpg

66 ms

btn_collections.jpg

btn_collections.jpg

66 ms

btn_newest.jpg

btn_newest.jpg

64 ms

btn_mf.jpg

btn_mf.jpg

68 ms

btn_popular.jpg

btn_popular.jpg

68 ms

btn_garageplans.jpg

btn_garageplans.jpg

70 ms

btn_designers.jpg

btn_designers.jpg

70 ms

btn_email.jpg

btn_email.jpg

68 ms

btn_about.jpg

btn_about.jpg

71 ms

btn_howtoorder.jpg

btn_howtoorder.jpg

71 ms

btn_whatsincluded.jpg

btn_whatsincluded.jpg

72 ms

btn_pricing.jpg

btn_pricing.jpg

73 ms

menu_top.jpg

menu_top.jpg

73 ms

facebooksmall.jpg

facebooksmall.jpg

73 ms

twittersmall.jpg

twittersmall.jpg

79 ms

Google-Plus-Glossy-Icon-sma.jpg

Google-Plus-Glossy-Icon-sma.jpg

83 ms

menu_info.jpg

menu_info.jpg

84 ms

9146_render_thumb.jpg

9146_render_thumb.jpg

102 ms

8041_render_thumb.jpg

8041_render_thumb.jpg

102 ms

9471_render_thumb.jpg

9471_render_thumb.jpg

95 ms

1627_render_thumb.jpg

1627_render_thumb.jpg

100 ms

1651_render_thumb.jpg

1651_render_thumb.jpg

111 ms

4655_render_thumb.jpg

4655_render_thumb.jpg

100 ms

8036_render_thumb.jpg

8036_render_thumb.jpg

131 ms

8035_render_thumb.jpg

8035_render_thumb.jpg

146 ms

7846_render_thumb.jpg

7846_render_thumb.jpg

129 ms

7429_render200.jpg

7429_render200.jpg

121 ms

8055_render200.jpg

8055_render200.jpg

121 ms

4673_render200.jpg

4673_render200.jpg

129 ms

newplans75.jpg

newplans75.jpg

141 ms

multifamily75.jpg

multifamily75.jpg

142 ms

162cabinsmall.jpg

162cabinsmall.jpg

149 ms

menu_bottom.jpg

menu_bottom.jpg

140 ms

garage75.jpg

garage75.jpg

148 ms

secure90x72.gif

secure90x72.gif

15 ms

galleria.classic.min.js

galleria.classic.min.js

99 ms

Vacation.jpg

Vacation.jpg

108 ms

Links-icon.jpg

Links-icon.jpg

108 ms

ihomebanner.jpg

ihomebanner.jpg

110 ms

search_box_top.jpg

search_box_top.jpg

114 ms

search_box_btn_search.jpg

search_box_btn_search.jpg

123 ms

search_box_btn_reset.jpg

search_box_btn_reset.jpg

123 ms

bg_table.jpg

bg_table.jpg

166 ms

galleria.classic.css

galleria.classic.css

21 ms

galleria.classic.css

galleria.classic.css

23 ms

button.png

button.png

137 ms

classic-loader.gif

classic-loader.gif

14 ms

classic-map.png

classic-map.png

21 ms

search_box_btn_search_over.jpg

search_box_btn_search_over.jpg

23 ms

search_box_btn_reset_over.jpg

search_box_btn_reset_over.jpg

22 ms

Accessibility Review

southerndesigner.com accessibility score

49

Accessibility Issues

Internationalization and localization

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

Impact

Issue

High

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

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

<input type="image"> elements do not have [alt] text

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

southerndesigner.com best practices score

50

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

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

southerndesigner.com SEO score

50

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

High

Document uses plugins

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    ISO-8859-1

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Southerndesigner.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 Southerndesigner.com 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

southerndesigner.com

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