Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine
Google PageSpeed Insights – ColourMine’s Poetic Journey
ColourMine: A reminiscent journey through some last problems with ColourMine on the Squarespace platform. where I had to deep dive into Google PageSpeed Insights for some website clarity and finally started to come to the conclusion that Squarespace was not for me and it was causing me more stress because this platform did not seem to be compatible with ColourMine.
The Eye Opener
Google PageSpeed Insights
Gave a good look at
Solutions to problems
That I didn’t realise I’d need
But I didn’t mine and
Who knew that
Google PageSpeed Insights would be
Such an eye opener for me
It told me everything
I needed to fix
On my ColourMine website
And that was no mean feat
But my sharing my poetry
Wasn’t going to admit defeat
And if this helps someone out there
To be more website savvy than me
Someone who’s having problems
With their creative website flair
Then go on,
Give PageSpeed Insights
More than fleeting glare
Let it peer into all the nooks and crannies of
Your website’s stare
Then you’ll see that
It’s amazing how it finds all the problems
And the grinds
I was pointed this way to see
If any improvements could be
Found on to help ColourMine
That would improve your read
Because of all of the poems
That were shared for me
Well, what a palaver
Building this website has turned out to be
I think this is what they might just call
Website insanity
I do all this work and because it’s me
Everything I do is totally free
Except for the time
And that’s a huge monstrosity
Website Deconstruction and Revelation
Having to redo things
Due to an imperfect font
That I added onto a
Photo that was taken by me
What I didn’t realise were all the things
That were not good you see
Like images and fonts,
Basically, everything visible
And some you couldn’t see
I was so grateful
To be told of these inaccuracies
The accessibility, SEO
And Performance it says to me
We’re all good, 100% for all 3
It was all a mystery but now I’m learning
Quite diligently
I’m so glad I was pointed here
So, I could see
Exactly what problems
I had caused for ColourMine and me
Some of it I understood,
The website on mobile wasn’t good
The scrolling banner was slowing it down,
Basically, it made ColourMine frown
So, it had to go
The photos were too large
They had to go too
Basically, it seemed to me
Google PageSpeed Insights was telling me
I should deconstruct
My ColourMine website
For free
So, I deleted the banner and
Also, several pages of photos maybe 3
That technically I wouldn’t need
That left me with a single photo
For each page
At first, I got into a rage,
Why should I deconstruct
My new webpage
When I’d not had it that long
Oh, woe is me
Tea, Triumph and ColourMine’s Crown
It’s definitely a better neighbourhood
I’m now hoping you will see
That all these changes are positive
For ColourMine, you and me
I’ve since deleted several photos more
And that’s quite good
Because now you see,
The mobile whilst not horrendously
It certainly loads immediately,
I really am pleased
After all the work that has been done
It’s good to see ColourMine
Is starting to wear its crown
I’m hoping if you’re building
Your website just like me
You’ll gain confidence and
Learn from my mistakes
Not like me,
I had no idea that my vision
That I could see was actually
Hurting ColourMine and me,
But I’ve learned and hopefully
You won’t make the same errors as me
I’m so glad you made it to here
And maybe learned
That lots of problems are abound
Deciphered and Solved
That even with those problems I’ve found
All the guidance that was given
Was so good and free
Now ColourMine is better,
Sleeker and definitely more me
It loads faster, don’t want to be hanging around
Now everything is here to be up
And strutting their stuff over the ground
But now it’s time for another cup of tea
Let’s enjoy all the improvements you and me
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ColourMine poetry, and the original photographs, are completely authentic to myself, Susan Lane – no AI, no plagiarism, all checked and verified by copyleaks
Apologies for the emoji presentation – I tested several, but this was the only one that worked reliably on ColourMine. Just click the box next to the emoji and hit submit, and I’ll know if the poem resonated with you. Thank you for sharing your feelings.
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