Auburn University at Montgomery | Top Ranked University in AL

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences | AUM

College of Education - College of Education

Bridge Program | Undergraduate Studies | Auburn University at Montgomery

Cason McDermott Art Gallery | Study at Auburn University at Montgomery

Student Opportunities | EEEC | AUM

About AUM | Academic Calendar and Class Schedule

AUM Poll | AUM

Police Department | AUM

Office of Collaborative Partnerships and Distance Education | AUM

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
	Auburn University at Montgomery \| Top Ranked University in ALwww.aum.edu/	3
	College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences \| AUMwww.aum.edu/class/	1
	College of Education - College of Educationwww.aum.edu/collegeofeducation/	1
	Bridge Program \| Undergraduate Studies \| Auburn University at Montgomerywww.aum.edu/academics/bridge-program/	1
	Cason McDermott Art Gallery \| Study at Auburn University at Montgomerywww.aum.edu/about-aum/cmag/	1
	Student Opportunities \| EEEC \| AUMwww.aum.edu/academics/eeec/student-opportunities/	1
	About AUM \| Academic Calendar and Class Schedulewww.aum.edu/academics/academic-calendar/	1
	AUM Poll \| AUMwww.aum.edu/aum-poll/	1
	Police Department \| AUMwww.aum.edu/about-aum/public-safety/police-department/	1
	Office of Collaborative Partnerships and Distance Education \| AUMwww.aum.edu/collaborative-partnerships-distance-education/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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