Bates College Campus Map

Calendars and Key Dates | About Bates | Bates College

Center for Purposeful Work | Bates College

Page not found | Bates College

Academics | Bates College

Live Virtual Programming | Admission | Bates College

Alumni Events | Alumni | Bates College

Campus Visits & Events | Admission | Bates College

News | Bates College

Student Financial Services | Bates College

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
Bates College Campus Mapwww.bates.edu/map/	54
Calendars and Key Dates \| About Bates \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/about/calendars-and-key-dates/	3
Center for Purposeful Work \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/purposeful-work/	3
Page not found \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/invented-url-for-404-page/	3
Academics \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/academics/	3
Live Virtual Programming \| Admission \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/admission/visit/	3
Alumni Events \| Alumni \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/alumni/all-events/	3
Campus Visits & Events \| Admission \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/admission/campus-visits/	3
News \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/news/	3
Student Financial Services \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/financial-services/	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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