Office of Student Engagement @ Bellevue College

Bellevue College Athletics • Home of the Bulldogs

Center for High School Programs @ Bellevue College

Continuing Education @ Bellevue College

Student Organizations • Student Engagement @ Bellevue College

International Education @ Bellevue College

Wellness Center @ Bellevue 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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January 2026

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Bellevue College

Title / URL	Issues
Office of Student Engagement @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/stupro/	1
Bellevue College Athletics • Home of the Bulldogswww.bellevuecollege.edu/athletics/	1
Center for High School Programs @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/highschool/	1
Continuing Education @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/ce/	1
Student Organizations • Student Engagement @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/organizations/	1
International Education @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/international/	1
Wellness Center @ Bellevue Collegewww.bellevuecollege.edu/wellnesscenter/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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