President's Message / Mensaje del presidente — CNM

CNM Libraries — CNM

CNM News — CNM

CNM Privacy Statement — CNM

CNM Locations — CNM

Workforce and Community Success — CNM

CNM Security Department — CNM

Central New Mexico Community College — CNM

Explore Information Technology Services (ITS) at CNM

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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February 2026

January 2026

Central New Mexico

Title / URL	Issues
President's Message / Mensaje del presidente — CNMwww.cnm.edu/about-cnm/president	1
CNM Libraries — CNMwww.cnm.edu/depts/libraries	1
CNM News — CNMwww.cnm.edu/news	1
CNM Privacy Statement — CNMwww.cnm.edu/cnm-privacy-statement	1
CNM Locations — CNMwww.cnm.edu/locations	1
Workforce and Community Success — CNMwww.cnm.edu/workforce-community	1
CNM Security Department — CNMwww.cnm.edu/depts/security	1
Central New Mexico Community College — CNMwww.cnm.edu/	1
CNMwww.cnm.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Explore Information Technology Services (ITS) at CNMwww.cnm.edu/depts/information-technology-services	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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