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Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

RequestCache TTLTransfer Size
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kmt9w/image5.png604800.0 s1.1 MiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png604800.0 s806.0 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg604800.0 s595.4 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/jblow/image8.jpg604800.0 s198.8 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js7200.0 s20.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/3ktcl/image8.jpg604800.0 s155.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/yme31/image8.jpg604800.0 s151.3 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/7skh0/image8.jpg604800.0 s143.8 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/65kwn/image8.jpg604800.0 s124.5 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kcdzj/image8.jpg604800.0 s120.3 KiB
www.montana.edu/_homeresources/images/MSU%20Ext%20Tile%201.jpg604800.0 s107.1 KiB
scripts.clarity.ms/0.8.59/clarity.js86400.0 s26.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick.js43200.0 s11.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/m2uts/image1.jpg604800.0 s46.4 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/4yc5s/image1.png604800.0 s44.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/_homeresources/images/Classroom.jpg604800.0 s40.3 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/oeezl/image8.JPG604800.0 s29.2 KiB
script.crazyegg.com/pages/scripts/0112/4827.js300.0 s2.7 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/d1yft/image8.png604800.0 s20.1 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/megamenu/msu-seal-icon.png604800.0 s19.6 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/7dnxu/image8.JPG604800.0 s17.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/wccez/image8.png604800.0 s16.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/images/structure/headers/bk108.png604800.0 s14.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/hwn7a/image8.JPG604800.0 s13.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/bj65k/image8.png604800.0 s13.8 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ztsxl/image8.png604800.0 s13.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/nhr8y/image8.png604800.0 s12.7 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ykjlv/image8.png604800.0 s12.7 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/MSU-horiz-reverse.png604800.0 s11.8 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/megamenu/bobcat-icon.png604800.0 s7.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/msulogo-reverse-footer.png604800.0 s7.2 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/styles/slickslider.css43200.0 s1018 B
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick-theme.css43200.0 s923 B
/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/slider-placeholders/bl...604800.0 s4.3 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/ajax-loader.gif604800.0 s4.2 KiB
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/action/smaller...604800.0 s3.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/msublackhorizsm.png604800.0 s3.9 KiB
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick.css43200.0 s687 B
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/action/smaller...604800.0 s2.4 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/megamenu/majors%20icon.png604800.0 s2.2 KiB
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/action/smaller...604800.0 s1.7 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/megamenu/research-icon.png604800.0 s1.6 KiB
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/background/meg...604800.0 s1.1 KiB
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/calendar%20icon.png604800.0 s727 B
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/background/tri...604800.0 s615 B
/msucommon/home/resources/images/structure/background/tri...604800.0 s554 B

Layout shifts occur when elements move absent any user interaction. Investigate the causes of layout shifts, such as elements being added, removed, or their fonts changing as the page loads.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:node label:Element subItemsHeading:map[key:extra] valueType:node] map[granularity:0.001 key:score label:Layout shift score subItemsHeading:map[key:cause valueType:text] valueType:numeric]]
items: [map[node:map[type:text value:Total] score:3.0028390000000003] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:3561 height:3561 left:0 right:1350 top:0 width:1350] lhId:page-19-HTML nodeLabel:html path:1,HTML selector:html snippet:<html lang="en-US" style=""> type:node] score:1 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Unsized image element extra:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:665 height:480 left:145 right:1205 top:185 width:1060] lhId:page-1-IMG nodeLabel:Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,LI,0,A,0,IMG selector:div.slick-track > li.item > a > img snippet:<img alt="Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | " src="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png" data-lazy-mobile="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image10.png" style="opacity: 1;"> type:node]]] type:subitems]] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:3561 height:3561 left:0 right:1350 top:0 width:1350] lhId:page-19-HTML nodeLabel:html path:1,HTML selector:html snippet:<html lang="en-US" style=""> type:node] score:1] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1005 height:320 left:0 right:1350 top:685 width:1350] lhId:page-15-DIV nodeLabel:  Visit MSU VISIT Plan your campus Visit LEARN MORE   Connect with MSU CONNEC… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,5,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV selector:body.responsive > div#sub-full-banner > div.row > div.col-xs-12 snippet:<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12"> type:node] score:0.679857 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/opensans/v44/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu0SC55I.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.6.3/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.6.3]]] type:subitems]] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1005 height:320 left:0 right:1350 top:685 width:1350] lhId:page-15-DIV nodeLabel:  Visit MSU VISIT Plan your campus Visit LEARN MORE   Connect with MSU CONNEC… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,5,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV selector:body.responsive > div#sub-full-banner > div.row > div.col-xs-12 snippet:<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12"> type:node] score:0.271277 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Unsized image element extra:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:665 height:480 left:-1975 right:-915 top:185 width:1060] lhId:page-20-IMG nodeLabel:Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful trees a… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,LI,0,A,0,IMG selector:div.slick-track > li.item > a > img snippet:<img alt="Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful tr…" src="https://www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/slider-placehold…" data-lazy="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg" data-lazy-mobile="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image10.jpg"> type:node]]] type:subitems]] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:665 height:480 left:145 right:1205 top:185 width:1060] lhId:page-1-IMG nodeLabel:Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,LI,0,A,0,IMG selector:div.slick-track > li.item > a > img snippet:<img alt="Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | " src="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png" data-lazy-mobile="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image10.png" style="opacity: 1;"> type:node] score:0.051705 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Unsized image element extra:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:665 height:480 left:145 right:1205 top:185 width:1060] lhId:page-1-IMG nodeLabel:Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,LI,0,A,0,IMG selector:div.slick-track > li.item > a > img snippet:<img alt="Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | " src="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png" data-lazy-mobile="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image10.png" style="opacity: 1;"> type:node]]] type:subitems]]]

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:141.564 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:17.672 source:map[column:28444 line:5 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.314 source:map[column:3774 line:5 type:source-location url:https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
Become a Bobcat! Learn more about applying for admission to Montana State. | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kmt9w/image5.png1.1 MiB1.0 MiB
Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png805.0 KiB722.2 KiB
Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful trees a… div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg594.6 KiB511.8 KiB
An aerial view of the campus of Montana State University, looking south with Ga… div.row > div.newsitem > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/jblow/image8.jpg198.5 KiB183.9 KiB
Montana State crowned National Champions | div.row > div.infinite-item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/3ktcl/image8.jpg155.0 KiB140.6 KiB
Yellowstone Through Time Poster div.col-md-12 > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/yme31/image8.jpg151.0 KiB136.4 KiB
Montana State University welcomes students back to campus for the first day of … div.row > div.infinite-item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/7skh0/image8.jpg143.5 KiB129.1 KiB
Montana State Commencement Ceremony. | div.row > div.infinite-item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/65kwn/image8.jpg124.3 KiB109.9 KiB
A group of people carrying crushed cardboard boxes in front of a university res… div.row > div.newsitem > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kcdzj/image8.jpg120.1 KiB105.4 KiB
A woman studies a with a laptop sitting under a tree div.newsitem > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/m2uts/image1.jpg46.3 KiB42.7 KiB
A silhouette stands in front of a galaxy div.newsitem > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/4yc5s/image1.png44.1 KiB40.4 KiB
The 50th annual American Indian Council Powwow at Montana State. | div.row > div.infinite-item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/oeezl/image8.JPG29.1 KiB14.7 KiB
MSU Impact 2021 President's Excellence Fund div.row > div.col-xs-6 > a#impact > img.video-feature-logo
www.montana.edu/_homeresources/images/Classroom.jpg40.2 KiB13.1 KiB
250+ study abroad programs in 60 countries are available to MSU students | div.row > div.infinite-item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/d1yft/image8.png20.0 KiB5.6 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-1-IMG
nodeLabel: Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains |
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,UL,0,DIV,0,DIV,2,LI,0,A,0,IMG
selector: div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
snippet: <img alt="Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | " src="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png" data-lazy-mobile="https://www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image10.png" style="opacity: 1;">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
value: no origins were preconnected
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTransfer SizeDuration
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/styles/styles.css?d=2022022233.4 KiB83 ms
www.montana.edu/_homeresources/homepage-styles.css?v=1403 B
www.montana.edu/_homeresources/styles_action.css?v=11.1 KiB
ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js32.8 KiB287 ms
www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=explicit1013 B219 ms
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/styles/slickslider.css1018 B
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick-theme.css923 B
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.6.3/css/font-awesome.css7.4 KiB221 ms
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick.css687 B
fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,7002.3 KiB207 ms

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLEst Savings
/font-awesome/4.6.3/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.6.320 ms
/s/opensans/v44/memvYaGs126MiZpBA-UvWbX2vVnXBbObj2OVTS-mu...10 ms

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 721 ms
URLTime Spent
montana.edu/721 ms
www.montana.edu/0.0 ms

These are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due to windowing. Learn how to improve CLS

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

ElementLayout shift score
html html
1.000
html html
1.000
  Visit MSU VISIT Plan your campus Visit LEARN MORE   Connect with MSU CONNEC… body.responsive > div#sub-full-banner > div.row > div.col-xs-12
0.680
  Visit MSU VISIT Plan your campus Visit LEARN MORE   Connect with MSU CONNEC… body.responsive > div#sub-full-banner > div.row > div.col-xs-12
0.271
Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
0.052

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 30 ms 30.5 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/styles/styles.css?d=2022022233.4 KiB30.5 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 30 ms 559.8 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js361.8 KiB241.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WKPFHC168.0 KiB75.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-4471790-1115.5 KiB62.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/destination?id=AW-16514626677&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1143.4 KiB61.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-1Y3QZL2950&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1152.1 KiB61.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-666770703&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1144.2 KiB55.6 KiB

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 4.2 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/slick/slick.js11.2 KiB4.2 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLTransfer Size
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kmt9w/image5.png1.1 MiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png806.0 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg595.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js362.4 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/jblow/image8.jpg198.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WKPFHC168.1 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/3ktcl/image8.jpg155.2 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-1Y3QZL2950&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1152.1 KiB
www.montana.edu/assets/images/yme31/image8.jpg151.3 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-666770703&cx=c&gtm=4e64k1144.2 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful trees a… div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/slider-placeholders/bl...
Become a Bobcat! Learn more about applying for admission to Montana State. | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kmt9w/image5.png
Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png
Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful trees a… div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg
Become a Bobcat! Learn more about applying for admission to Montana State. | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/slider-placeholders/bl...
Earth day graphic with text over picture of Bridger Mountains | div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/toddm/image5.png
Banner image of Montana State University campus in autumn with colorful trees a… div.slick-track > li.item > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/ujjrn/image5.jpg
An aerial view of the campus of Montana State University, looking south with Ga… div.row > div.newsitem > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/jblow/image8.jpg
A group of people carrying crushed cardboard boxes in front of a university res… div.row > div.newsitem > a > img
www.montana.edu/assets/images/kcdzj/image8.jpg
Yellowstone Through Time Poster div.col-md-12 > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/yme31/image8.jpg
A woman studies a with a laptop sitting under a tree div.newsitem > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/m2uts/image1.jpg
A silhouette stands in front of a galaxy div.newsitem > div.media > a.pull-left > img.media-object
www.montana.edu/assets/images/4yc5s/image1.png
Montana State University: Mountains and Minds div.col-sm-3 > div.brand > a > img
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/images/structure/msulogo-reverse-footer.png
More Events h2.section > span.pull-right > a.morelink > img
www.montana.edu/msucommon/home/resources/images/icons/calendar%20icon.png

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Max Potential First Input Delay 100 ms
●Optimize DOM size
●LCP breakdown
●Modern HTTP
●Optimize viewport for mobile
●Minify CSS
●User Timing marks and measures 15 user timings
●JavaScript execution time 0.5 s
●Minimizes main-thread work 1.1 s
●Avoid long main-thread tasks 5 long tasks found
●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration
●Network Requests
●Network Round Trip Times 220 ms
●Server Backend Latencies 250 ms
●Tasks
●Diagnostics
●Metrics
●Screenshot Thumbnails
●Final Screenshot
●Script Treemap Data
●Resources Summary
●Initial server response time was short Root document took 180 ms
○INP breakdown
○Avoid non-composited animations
78

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

ARIA

Focusable descendents within an `[aria-hidden="true"]` element prevent those interactive elements from being available to users of assistive technologies like screen readers. Learn how `aria-hidden` affects focusable elements.

Why this matters

Informational: a Permissions-Policy directive showing feature -> allowed origins.

Source: MDN Permissions-Policy

Failing Elements
Montana State honors Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year award winne… ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item
Become a Bobcat! Learn more about applying for admission to Montana State.   Ex… ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item
Montana State honors Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year award winne… ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item
Become a Bobcat! Learn more about applying for admission to Montana State.   Ex… ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item
Montana State University celebrates Earth Day on April 22. Read more about the … ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item
Montana State honors Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year award winne… ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
APR 22 div.col-md-12 > div.media > div.dateblock > a.eventlink
APR div.media > div.dateblock > a.eventlink > span.month
APR 22 div.row > div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink
APR div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink > span.month
APR 22 div.row > div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink
APR div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink > span.month
APR 23 div.row > div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink
APR div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink > span.month
APR 23 div.row > div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink
APR div.col-sm-4 > div.dateblock > a.eventlink > span.month

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Properly ordered headings that do not skip levels convey the semantic structure of the page, making it easier to navigate and understand when using assistive technologies. Learn more about heading order.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Bozeman ranked as nation’s best college town div.row > div.newsitem > div.media-body > h4.media-heading
World Premiere of "Yellowstone Wild through Time” div.col-md-12 > div.media > div.media-body > h4.media-heading

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Montana State University in Bozeman div#stick > ul.siteheaderlinks > li#sitelogo > a.navbar-brand

Screen readers cannot translate non-text content. Adding alternate text to `<object>` elements helps screen readers convey meaning to users. Learn more about alt text for `object` elements.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Montana State University in Bozeman li#sitelogo > a.navbar-brand > span > object

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Tables and lists

Screen readers have a specific way of announcing lists. Ensuring proper list structure aids screen reader output. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Montana State honors Excellence in Service and Employee of the Year award winne… div.row > div.col-sm-12 > div.image-carousel > ul.slick-initialized

Screen readers require list items (`<li>`) to be contained within a parent `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` to be announced properly. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Montana State University celebrates Earth Day on April 22. Read more about the … ul.slick-initialized > div.slick-list > div.slick-track > li.item

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
○The page has a logical tab order
○Visual order on the page follows DOM order
○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
○Custom controls have associated labels
○Custom controls have ARIA roles
●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
●`[role]` values are valid
●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
●Buttons have an accessible name
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Form elements have associated labels
●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
●Document has a main landmark.
●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
●Identical links have the same purpose.
●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
○ARIA input fields have accessible names
○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
○ARIA IDs are unique
○No form fields have multiple labels
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
○Input buttons have discernible text.
○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
○Select elements have associated label elements.
○Skip links are focusable.
○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
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Best Practices

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

SourceDescription
www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/scripts/extra-slick.js?d=20210727 line 29, col 4
ReferenceError: slickControlsHeightSet is not defined at Array.<anonymous> (https://www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/scripts/extra-slick.js?d=20210727:30:5) at slickInitCallbackRunner (https://www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/scripts/extra-slick.js?d=20210727:91:30) at MutationObserver.slickMutationCallback (https://www.montana.edu/_resources/msu/2/scripts/extra-slick.js?d=20210727:107:13)
TypeError: Cannot set properties of null (setting 'href') at <anonymous>:1:90
●Uses HTTPS
●Avoids deprecated APIs
●Avoids third-party cookies
●Allows users to paste into input fields
●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
●Displays images with correct aspect ratio
●Serves images with appropriate resolution
●Page has the HTML doctype
●Properly defines charset
●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
●Use a strong HSTS policy
●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
●Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
●Detected JavaScript libraries
●Page has valid source maps
○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
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SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

○Structured data is valid
●Page isn’t blocked from indexing
●Document has a `<title>` element
●Document has a meta description
●Page has successful HTTP status code
●Links have descriptive text
●Links are crawlable
●robots.txt is valid
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Document has a valid `hreflang`
○Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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