Y | Argyll and Bute Council

Licences | Argyll and Bute Council

Additional Support Needs | Argyll and Bute Council

Community growing spaces | Argyll and Bute Council

Private housing | Argyll and Bute Council

Social care and health | Argyll and Bute Council

Housing | Argyll and Bute Council

Climate change | Argyll and Bute Council

News | Argyll and Bute Council

Welcome to Argyll & Bute Council | Argyll and Bute Council

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Y \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/a-z/y	2
Licences \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/licences	2
Additional Support Needs \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/education-and-learning/additional-support-needs	2
Community growing spaces \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/environment/countryside/community-growing-spaces	2
Private housing \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/housing/private-housing	2
Social care and health \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/social-care-and-health	2
Housing \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/housing	2
Climate change \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/environment/climate-change	2
News \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/news?page=7	2
Welcome to Argyll & Bute Council \| Argyll and Bute Councilwww.argyll-bute.gov.uk/	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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