Client: DESC
Scope of Work
Front-End web development
Performance optimization
Security hardening
Visual design
CMS Training
Team: David Owen Hastings, Scott Marlow
The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) provides integrated services including housing, emergency shelter, crisis intervention and healthcare to thousands of homeless people.
Our goal: to redesign www.desc.org into a custom, mobile responsive, modern website that showcases the organization’s updated brand identity with bright, bold colors.
Performance Metrics
| Performance | WordPress Site | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Google Mobile Speed: | 73 | |
| Google Desktop Speed | 94 | |
| Pingdom | 81 | faster than 87% of tested sites |
| WebPageTest Speed Index | 875 | median = ~4,493 top 10% = <1,388 |
| YSlow | 84 | average score = 70 |
| Web Page Size | 340 Kb | In 2017, average page size = ~2.4 Mb median page size = ~1.9 Mb |
| Web Server Requests | 30 | < 40 – 60 recommended |
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