Pingdom Tools: Full Page Test

Dave sent me a link to this new tool from Pingdom — it’s a Full Page Test load.

The Full Page Test loads a complete HTML page including all objects (images, CSS, JavaScripts, RSS, Flash and frames/iframes). It mimics the way a page is loaded in a web browser.

The load time of all objects is shown visually with time bars. You can view the list of objects either in load order or as a hierarchy. The hierarchy view allows you to see which objects are linked to in for example a CSS file.

Every test also shows general statistics about the loaded page such as the total number of objects, total load time, and size including all objects.

Note: This version doesn’t load objects included in JavaScripts. We have also put a limit on the number and size of the objects that are loaded (to prevent the tool from downloading movies, for example). This Full Page Test was inspired by the OctaGate SiteTimer. We liked what they did and wanted to take the idea one step further.

I tried it on my blog and it says load time is 6 seconds and give you a breakdown of the elements in the tested page:

There are so many other like these before but this version I liked a lot. I’ve also tried Pingdom’s Uptime alert service which monitors server uptime and notifies you of downtimes via email and SMS. I happen to have a chat with one of the people behind Pingdom a month ago and they were very nice to give me a full year of free monitoring service.