Access thepost.co.za. The Post | Durban & KZN Local News, Sport & Opinion

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FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.1 s

47/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.6 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.6 s

17/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,470 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value20.4 s

2/100

10%

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Our browser made a total of 116 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 1% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Thepost.co.za, 37% (43 requests) were made to Image-prod.iol.co.za and 35% (41 requests) were made to Iol.co.za. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2 sec) relates to the external source Image-prod.iol.co.za.

Content Size

1.0 MB

After Optimization

542.1 kB

In fact, the total size of Thepost.co.za main page is 1.0 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. Javascripts take 743.2 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 228.3 kB

Original 278.9 kB
After minification 276.3 kB
After compression 50.6 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. 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 228.3 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 821 B

Original 14.5 kB
After minification 13.7 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. The Post images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 265.8 kB

Original 743.2 kB
After minification 743.2 kB
After compression 477.5 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 265.8 kB or 36% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-15%

Potential reduce by 56 B

Original 375 B
After minification 375 B
After compression 319 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. Thepost.co.za needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 56 B or 15% of the original size.

Requests Now

113

After Optimization

The browser has sent 113 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The Post. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 33 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

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

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

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

High

Requests the geolocation permission on page load

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

High

Links are not crawlable

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

EN
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Thepost.co.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 Thepost.co.za 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

thepost.co.za

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

Report Summary

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Key Findings

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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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Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

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HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

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Network Requests Diagram

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