Tools like GTMetrix, Google Page Speed Insights or Cloudflare Speed Observatory (New) often reveal some crucial information how to improve your loading times.

 

I'll be the first one to admit, I care more about this than I should. So I did some changes and got the following score:

 

GTMETRIX:

 

[ATTACH type=full" size="1561x589]108[/ATTACH]

 

CLOUDFLARE:

[ATTACH type=full" size="1060x774]109[/ATTACH]

 

PAGE SPEED INSIGHTS:

[ATTACH type=full" size="977x524]110[/ATTACH]

 

So there's still some room for improvement, although not much in my control.

 

Feel free to share your scores. :D

Here's mine...

 

https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-mindsconnect-jcink-net/lchw2h1iqh?form_factor=desktop

 

I actually conducted tests with it before, just to address some performance issues as well as the SEO score being a bit off at one point.

 

I even ran tests of the forum when forced with certain skins and got varying results.

Here's mine...

 

https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-mindsconnect-jcink-net/lchw2h1iqh?form_factor=desktop

 

I actually conducted tests with it before, just to address some performance issues as well as the SEO score being a bit off at one point.

 

I even ran tests of the forum when forced with certain skins and got varying results.

That’s actually really great considering it’s Jcink. I believe javascript tends to slow down a website quite significantly and Jcink relies very hard on javascript.

 

A bit pity on the mobile score, but considering that the software is 20 years old, I don’t think anyone can complain. Many more recent softwares don’t achieve your score.

A bit pity on the mobile score, but considering that the software is 20 years old, I don’t think anyone can complain. Many more recent softwares don’t achieve your score.

Not sure if something can be done about it... even if I get John to at least modernise the entire software after all that time (to which SMF will finally be doing).

Not sure if something can be done about it... even if I get John to at least modernise the entire software after all that time (to which SMF will finally be doing).

Like I said before, it's mainly the ads causing it. My mobile score for performance is 99% because I have Jcink Premium with no advertisements to display on my board.

 

I've used different tools to detect my page speed, such as Lighthouse via the Google Chrome developer tools. I never even heard of PageSpeed Insights until Bryn referenced it, and I made several updates on my site to improve performance since he did.