Explore College in Colorado | Colorado Mesa University

Admissions at Colorado Mesa University | Colorado Mesa University

Financial Aid at Colorado Mesa University | Colorado Mesa University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

ePay Online Billing Portal | Colorado Mesa University

Important Dates | Colorado Mesa University

Career Services | Colorado Mesa University

Graduate Studies at Colorado Mesa University | Colorado Mesa University

Early Start Program | Colorado Mesa University

Page Not Found | Colorado Mesa University

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
Explore College in Colorado \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/future.html	49
Admissions at Colorado Mesa University \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/admissions/index.html	49
Financial Aid at Colorado Mesa University \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/financial-aid/index.html	33
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.coloradomesa.edu/	31
ePay Online Billing Portal \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/epay/index.html	31
Important Dates \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/registrar/dates.html	31
Career Services \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/career/index.html	31
Graduate Studies at Colorado Mesa University \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/graduate/index.html	31
Early Start Program \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/admitted/early-start.html	31
Page Not Found \| Colorado Mesa Universitywww.coloradomesa.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	31

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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