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Scholarships to Support Spokane Student Education
A new WordPress-powered website for Spokane Area Retired Educator’s Association (SAREA), a member organization of Washington State School Retirees Association.
This Spokane nonprofit association lost access to their domain registrar and host, after a key stakeholder passed away. After a new domain name was secured, site content was manually migrated into a WordPress CMS for more intuitive content editing. The new site incorporates an online application for scholarships and mini-grants awarded each fall.
Scope of Work
- Content Migration
- Performance Optimization
- Search Engine Optimization
- Security Hardening
- Visual Layout & Design
- WordPress Theme Development
- WordPress Training & Consulting
Performance
Page load speed is excellent with overall page size, 273 Kb, 88% below the median homepage size. Accessibility benchmarks are also superb.
Performance Metric | New WordPress Website |
Google Lighthouse: Accessibility | 100/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Best Practices | 100/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Mobile Speed | 70/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Desktop Speed | 91/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Search Engine Optimization | 93/100 |
WebPageTest Speed Index | 1.795 |
Total Homepage File Size | 273 Kb (218 Kb Images + 9 Kb Scripts + 45Kb CSS + 8Kb HTML) |
Total Web Server Requests | 18 (5 Images + 4 Scripts + 8 CSS + 1 HTML) |
Estimated Mobile Homepage Load Time | ~1.8 seconds |
WebPageTest Speed Index: median = ~3.591; top 10% = <1.388
In 2022, the average page size = ~2.4 Mb and median page size = ~2.1 Mb.
Database-driven websites, like WordPress, are more performance optimized when server requests are < 40 – 60.
Site Credits
WordPress Design + Development: Scott Marlow
Soaking up the Humidity in the San Juan Islands
Building WordPress Websites, Online Forms, and Marcom Confidence
A website redesign and rebuild for Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County. This new custom-branded WordPress website replaces a 2017 volunteer-built static HTML site, which was not mobile-friendly, despite a significant amount of site visits from mobile devices.
The WordPress CMS with a Block Editor-integrated Theme enables the new marcom staff to intuitively edit content, as well as create rich, modern layouts. Google Lighthouse benchmarks across the board were significantly improved.
Scope of Work
- Accessibility Consulting
- Branding & Visual Design
- Content Migration
- Performance Optimization
- Search Engine Optimization
- Security Hardening
- WordPress Theme Development
- WordPress Training & Consulting
Performance
Page load speed improved considerably by reducing overall page size 96% from 15.4 Mb to 618 Kb, 1/4th the median homepage size.
Before & After Performance Comparison
Performance Metric | Old Website |
New Website |
Google Lighthouse: Accessibility | 41/100 | 98/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Best Practices | 83/100 | 100/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Mobile Speed | 58/100 | 70/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Desktop Speed | 53/100 | 98/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Search Engine Optimization | 50/100 | 93/100 |
WebPageTest Speed Index | 11.384 | 3.422 |
Total Homepage File Size | 15.336 Mb (14.6 Mb Images + 933Kb Scripts) | 618 Kb (148 Kb Images + 290 Kb Scripts + 133 Kb CSS + 49 Kb Fonts + 11 Kb HTML) |
Total Web Server Requests | 40 (16 Images + 9 Scripts + 2 CSS + 8Other + 5 HTML) | 41 (7 Images + 15 Scripts + 15 CSS + 2 Fonts + 1 HTML) |
Estimated Mobile Homepage Load Time | ~11.4 seconds | ~3.4 seconds |
WebPageTest Speed Index: median = ~3.591; top 10% = <1.388
In 2022, the average page size = ~2.4 Mb and median page size = ~2.1 Mb.
Database-driven websites, like WordPress, are more performance optimized when server requests are < 40 – 60.
Site Credits
WordPress Theme Development: Scott Marlow
The Web Developer for People of All Races
Another performance-optimized website rebuild from a ThemeForest template Theme to an open source WordPress Theme.
El Centro de la Raza provides 43 programs and services in 9 different service areas for children, youth, families and seniors around King County. The website features a new events calendar, language translation, and more dynamic program content in a more accessible Theme. The Gutenberg Block Editor provides more streamlined editing, with a plethora of layout and design options for content contributors.
Scope of Work
- Accessibility Consulting
- Branding & Visual Design
- Content Migration
- Performance Optimization
- Search Engine Optimization
- Security Hardening
- WordPress Theme Development
- WordPress Training & Consulting
Performance
Page load speed significantly improved since 2022. By reducing overall page size 88%, from 11.5 Mb to 1.4 Mb, and reducing web server requests 19% from 64 to 52, average mobile page loads have improved from ~11 to ~3 seconds.
Before & After Performance Comparison
Performance Metric | Old Website |
New Website |
Google Lighthouse: Accessibility | 88/100 | 98/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Best Practices | 92/100 | 92/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Mobile Speed | 39/100 | 87/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Desktop Speed | 54/100 | 99/100 |
Google Lighthouse: Search Engine Optimization | 79/100 | 77/100 |
WebPageTest Speed Index | 10.729 | 3.024 |
Total Homepage File Size | 11.5 Mb (10.1 Mb Images + 853 Kb Scripts + 136 Kb CSS + 31 Kb Other + 42 Kb Fonts + 42 Kb HTML) | 1.366 Mb (1 Mb Images + 239 Kb Scripts + 123 Kb CSS + 22 Kb HTML) |
Total Web Server Requests | 64 (18 Images + 18 Scripts + 14 CSS + 10 Other + 4 HTML) | 52 (13 Images + 14 Scripts + 22 CSS + 1 Other + 2 HTML) |
Estimated Mobile Homepage Load Time | ~11 seconds | ~3 seconds |
WebPageTest Speed Index: median = ~3.591; top 10% = <1.388
In 2022, the average page size = ~2.4 Mb and median page size = ~2.1 Mb.
Database-driven websites, like WordPress, are more performance optimized when server requests are < 40 – 60.
Site Credits
Visual Design: Pixel Lighthouse
WordPress Theme Development: Scott Marlow
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