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Report Summary

  • 25

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    44% of other websites

  • 86

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 61% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 88

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    65% of websites

uwc.ac.za

Home | UWC

Page Load Speed

12.1 sec in total

First Response

1.7 sec

Resources Loaded

10 sec

Page Rendered

394 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Uwc.ac.za page load time and found that the first response time was 1.7 sec and then it took 10.4 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

uwc.ac.za performance score

25

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.4 s

6/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value14.5 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.8 s

3/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,020 ms

26/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value14.6 s

8/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

uwc.ac.za

1705 ms

www.uwc.ac.za

2105 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.gzip.js

168 ms

main.js

1835 ms

api.js

55 ms

Our browser made a total of 76 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 8% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Uwc.ac.za, 61% (46 requests) were made to Uwc-za.b-cdn.net and 13% (10 requests) were made to Storage.googleapis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3 sec) relates to the external source Uwc-za.b-cdn.net.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 200.2 kB (8%)

Content Size

2.5 MB

After Optimization

2.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Uwc.ac.za main page is 2.5 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. 75% 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. Images take 1.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 103.4 kB

  • Original 119.7 kB
  • After minification 108.5 kB
  • After compression 16.3 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 103.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 5.9 kB

  • Original 1.9 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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. UWC images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 90.8 kB

  • Original 392.3 kB
  • After minification 392.3 kB
  • After compression 301.5 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 90.8 kB or 23% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 46 B

  • Original 23.9 kB
  • After minification 23.9 kB
  • After compression 23.8 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. Uwc.ac.za has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 26 (37%)

Requests Now

71

After Optimization

45

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 71 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of UWC. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 17 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

uwc.ac.za

uwc.ac.za

1705 ms

www.uwc.ac.za

www.uwc.ac.za

2105 ms

jquery-3.5.1.min.gzip.js

jquery-3.5.1.min.gzip.js

168 ms

main.js

main.js

1835 ms

api.js

api.js

55 ms

phplivex.js

phplivex.js

613 ms

combine_js.php

combine_js.php

86 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

3005 ms

combine_css.php

combine_css.php

42 ms

js

js

72 ms

phplivex.js

phplivex.js

725 ms

recaptcha__en.js

recaptcha__en.js

32 ms

UWC-logo_transparent-writing-1.svg

UWC-logo_transparent-writing-1.svg

8 ms

UWC_logo_full-colour-04.svg

UWC_logo_full-colour-04.svg

12 ms

UWC_logo_stacked-03.svg

UWC_logo_stacked-03.svg

19 ms

UWC_logo_stacked-blue-05.svg

UWC_logo_stacked-blue-05.svg

22 ms

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online-services-icon.svg

17 ms

online-services-icon-white.svg

online-services-icon-white.svg

18 ms

search-icon.svg

search-icon.svg

27 ms

search-icon-white.svg

search-icon-white.svg

24 ms

menu-icon.svg

menu-icon.svg

25 ms

menu-icon-white.svg

menu-icon-white.svg

29 ms

menu-exit.png

menu-exit.png

28 ms

Icon_Arts_Humanities_sml.png

Icon_Arts_Humanities_sml.png

4 ms

Icon_CHS_sml.png

Icon_CHS_sml.png

7 ms

dentistry-icon_sml.png

dentistry-icon_sml.png

3 ms

Icon_EMS_sml.png

Icon_EMS_sml.png

18 ms

Icon_Education_sml.png

Icon_Education_sml.png

7 ms

Icon_law_sml-2.png

Icon_law_sml-2.png

5 ms

Icon_Sciences_sml.png

Icon_Sciences_sml.png

4 ms

home.php

home.php

54 ms

popper.min.gz.js

popper.min.gz.js

114 ms

bootstrap.min.gz.js

bootstrap.min.gz.js

161 ms

UWC_logo_stacked-03.svg

UWC_logo_stacked-03.svg

7 ms

social_twitter_x.svg

social_twitter_x.svg

10 ms

social_linkedin.svg

social_linkedin.svg

10 ms

social_facebook.svg

social_facebook.svg

11 ms

social_instagram.svg

social_instagram.svg

12 ms

social_tiktok.svg

social_tiktok.svg

14 ms

ring-alt.svg

ring-alt.svg

15 ms

js

js

118 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

262 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

112 ms

UWC-Home-About-col2.jpg

UWC-Home-About-col2.jpg

261 ms

UWC-Home-Admissionabout-col2.jpg

UWC-Home-Admissionabout-col2.jpg

257 ms

UWC-Home-Studyabout-col2.jpg

UWC-Home-Studyabout-col2.jpg

257 ms

UWC-Home-Campus-lifeabout-col2.jpg

UWC-Home-Campus-lifeabout-col2.jpg

273 ms

UWC-Home-Newsabout-col2.jpg

UWC-Home-Newsabout-col2.jpg

273 ms

arrow-left-gold-1.png

arrow-left-gold-1.png

78 ms

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arrow-right-gold-1.png

45 ms

ajax-loader.gif

ajax-loader.gif

46 ms

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303 ms

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open-sans-v17-latin-700.woff

548 ms

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open-sans-v17-latin-regular.woff

1031 ms

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arrow-left-gold.png

10 ms

arrow-right-gold.png

arrow-right-gold.png

10 ms

apply-button-bg3.jpg

apply-button-bg3.jpg

265 ms

www.uwc.ac.za

www.uwc.ac.za

872 ms

js

js

56 ms

4djmsxvohj

4djmsxvohj

159 ms

www.uwc.ac.za

www.uwc.ac.za

1632 ms

collect

collect

13 ms

collect

collect

94 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

75 ms

clarity.js

clarity.js

16 ms

www.uwc.ac.za

www.uwc.ac.za

889 ms

desktop-1920x810-28.jpg

desktop-1920x810-28.jpg

16 ms

UIH_UWC_Banner1_Web-1_0d9c2ff4a7f385ced144890728d1c708.jpg

UIH_UWC_Banner1_Web-1_0d9c2ff4a7f385ced144890728d1c708.jpg

12 ms

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13 ms

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103 ms

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12 ms

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1736 ms

alertmodule_bg_white.png

alertmodule_bg_white.png

5 ms

Support--Aid-Module.jpg

Support--Aid-Module.jpg

13 ms

slick.svg

slick.svg

266 ms

c.gif

c.gif

7 ms

Accessibility Review

uwc.ac.za accessibility score

86

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.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

uwc.ac.za best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

uwc.ac.za SEO score

88

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

Links do not have descriptive text

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 Uwc.ac.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 Uwc.ac.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

uwc.ac.za

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