The Robert "Bob" Elmore Honors College

Community and Public

Page Not Found

Cashier

Locations

Academic Calendars and Final Exam Schedules

Contact Us

International Education

Veterans Services at Broward College

Institutional Accessibility at Broward 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 2025

December 2024

Broward College

Title / URL	Issues
The Robert "Bob" Elmore Honors Collegewww.broward.edu/academics/honors/	2
Community and Publicwww.broward.edu/about/community/	2
Page Not Foundwww.broward.edu/error/404.html?requestUrl=/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Cashierwww.broward.edu/students/cashier/	2
Locationswww.broward.edu/about/locations/	2
Academic Calendars and Final Exam Scheduleswww.broward.edu/registrar/term-dates.html	2
Contact Uswww.broward.edu/contact-us/	2
International Educationwww.broward.edu/international/	2
Veterans Services at Broward Collegewww.broward.edu/veterans/	1
Institutional Accessibility at Broward Collegewww.broward.edu/accessibility/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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