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Report Summary

  • 22

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    40% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 49% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

steppenwolf.org

New Plays & Theatre in Chicago | Steppenwolf Theatre

Page Load Speed

2.1 sec in total

First Response

148 ms

Resources Loaded

1.4 sec

Page Rendered

532 ms

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About Website

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Steppenwolf Theatre Company is one of America's leading ensemble theatres, developing new plays, new audiences and new artists in Chicago.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Steppenwolf.org page load time and found that the first response time was 148 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

steppenwolf.org performance score

22

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.4 s

37/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value9.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.6 s

53/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value940 ms

30/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.406

24/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.8 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

steppenwolf.org

148 ms

www.steppenwolf.org

471 ms

modernizr.js

108 ms

gxr0hqu.js

97 ms

main.css

146 ms

Our browser made a total of 59 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 64% of them (38 requests) were addressed to the original Steppenwolf.org, 10% (6 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net and 7% (4 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (530 ms) belongs to the original domain Steppenwolf.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 547.5 kB (12%)

Content Size

4.8 MB

After Optimization

4.2 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Steppenwolf.org main page is 4.8 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 4.3 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 57.8 kB

  • Original 66.9 kB
  • After minification 49.9 kB
  • After compression 9.1 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 16.9 kB, which is 25% 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 57.8 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 264.0 kB

  • Original 4.3 MB
  • After minification 4.0 MB

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. Steppenwolf images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-57%

Potential reduce by 220.9 kB

  • Original 386.8 kB
  • After minification 385.8 kB
  • After compression 165.9 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 220.9 kB or 57% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 4.8 kB

  • Original 33.3 kB
  • After minification 33.3 kB
  • After compression 28.5 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. Steppenwolf.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 4.8 kB or 14% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 24 (59%)

Requests Now

41

After Optimization

17

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 41 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Steppenwolf. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 25 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

steppenwolf.org

steppenwolf.org

148 ms

www.steppenwolf.org

www.steppenwolf.org

471 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

108 ms

gxr0hqu.js

gxr0hqu.js

97 ms

main.css

main.css

146 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

19 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

164 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

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164 ms

a11y-dialog.min.js

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165 ms

common.js

common.js

115 ms

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135 ms

config.js

config.js

116 ms

global.js

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117 ms

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120 ms

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95 ms

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200 ms

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system-polyfills.js

74 ms

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13 ms

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17 ms

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38 ms

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366 ms

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469 ms

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470 ms

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468 ms

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34 ms

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233 ms

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447 ms

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448 ms

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444 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

101 ms

www.steppenwolf.org

www.steppenwolf.org

530 ms

index.js

index.js

365 ms

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141 ms

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49 ms

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37 ms

Accessibility Review

steppenwolf.org accessibility score

80

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

steppenwolf.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

steppenwolf.org SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

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

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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 Steppenwolf.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 Steppenwolf.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

steppenwolf.org

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