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A-Z Index | About Bates | Bates College

Giving to Bates | Bates College

Harward Center | Bates College

Parents and Families | Bates College

Directory | Bates College

First-Year Experience and Orientation | Bates College

Reunion | Bates College

News | Bates College

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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/	55
A-Z Index \| About Bates \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/about/index/	4
Giving to Bates \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/giving/	4
Harward Center \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/harward/	4
Parents and Families \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/parents/	4
Directory \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/directory/	4
First-Year Experience and Orientation \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/first-year-experience/	4
Reunion \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/reunion/	4
News \| Bates Collegewww.bates.edu/news/	4
Bates College \| Lewiston, Mainewww.bates.edu/	4

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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