Report Summary

  • 72

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    82% of other websites

  • 90

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 75% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    81% of websites

  • 92

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    75% of websites

cg.tutsplus.com

3D & Motion Graphics | Envato Tuts+

Page Load Speed

1.3 sec in total

First Response

73 ms

Resources Loaded

888 ms

Page Rendered

306 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Cg.tutsplus.com page load time and found that the first response time was 73 ms and then it took 1.2 sec 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

cg.tutsplus.com performance score

72

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

53/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.8 s

30/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value3.5 s

88/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value200 ms

89/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value4.6 s

82/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

cg.tutsplus.com

73 ms

cg.tutsplus.com

182 ms

cgi.tutsplus.com

87 ms

uc.js

71 ms

topic-f07b8087.chunk.css

95 ms

Our browser made a total of 113 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (2 requests) were addressed to the original Cg.tutsplus.com, 80% (90 requests) were made to Static.tutsplus.com and 14% (16 requests) were made to Cms-assets.tutsplus.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (204 ms) relates to the external source Cms-assets.tutsplus.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 364.2 kB (28%)

Content Size

1.3 MB

After Optimization

933.6 kB

In fact, the total size of Cg.tutsplus.com main page is 1.3 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 843.8 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-92%

Potential reduce by 315.4 kB

  • Original 342.2 kB
  • After minification 322.6 kB
  • After compression 26.8 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 315.4 kB or 92% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 5.3 kB

  • Original 843.8 kB
  • After minification 838.5 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. Cg Tuts Plus images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-37%

Potential reduce by 36.3 kB

  • Original 98.2 kB
  • After minification 98.2 kB
  • After compression 61.9 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 36.3 kB or 37% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-53%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 13.5 kB
  • After minification 12.6 kB
  • After compression 6.3 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. Cg.tutsplus.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 7.2 kB or 53% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 19 (18%)

Requests Now

108

After Optimization

89

The browser has sent 108 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Cg Tuts Plus. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

cg.tutsplus.com accessibility score

90

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.

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

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

cg.tutsplus.com best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

cg.tutsplus.com SEO score

92

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

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

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

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