Design & Development
Fixit – CSS Import Directive
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page CSS makes use of the @import directive. The import directive allows one CSS file to include others but results in slower loading time as the downloads cannot be made in parallel. CSS files should be directly referenced in the HTML markup, or condensed into a single file to increase data transfer time... Read More
Fixit – Image Crunch
January 9, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page make use of images which are larger than necessary. Image files often contain metadeta and other information which is never displayed and can be stripped out to reduce the image filesize. Smaller files will transfer faster and result in a quicker page load time... Read More
Fixit – Image Sprites
January 8, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page make use of image sprites. Grouping multiple images into one image sprite drastically speeds up delivery and load time. When many images are used independently many network requests are required to download them all, an image sprite combines the images into a single file which can then be cut-up using CSS... Read More
Fixit – Favicon
January 8, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test determines if your page has a Favicon which is a suitable size and is delivered with a far-future expiry header. All browsers will request a Favicon on page load and so it is recommended to have one, but also one which is small enough to transfer quickly and which can be cached properly... Read More
Fixit – Content Distribution Network
January 8, 2014, by mark.anderson
This test attempts to determine if your page makes use of a CDN, content distribution network. A CDN allows static content to be stored in multiple geographic locations, so that when the content is requested by a user's browser it can be retrieved from a location as close as possible to the user. This geographic proximity increases delivery speed and in turn page load speed... Read More
