WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Finance and Administration Information Systems
When testing a website such as any of the various WordPress pages we should be on the lookout for…
Large file sizes.
- Ideally we want the page to load completely under 1 MB.
- When inspected using the debug console in the Google Chrome browser the “… MB transferred” amount should be around 2.0 MB or lower.
- To check this press F12 (in Chrome), click the Network tab, and refresh the page.
- Ensure the following options are true:
- You are looking at the Network tab
- The Red record button on the left is selected
- You have the “Disable cache” option enabled
- Ensure the following options are true:
Inconsistencies
- This may seem like anĀ unnecessary point but this kind of issue gets missed a lot.
- Below is an example of a subtle menu item not matching the rest of the surrounding menu items.
Images that have been stretched or distorted
- If an image is not large enough for the desired space do not try and stretch the image to match the space.
- This causes the image to become pixelated as can be seen in the image below.