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Transfer Application Requirements | Columbia College Chicago

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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
School of Visual Arts - Academics - Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/academics/visual-arts/index	1
Housing \| Housing & Residential Experience \| Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/campus-life/housing/index	1
News - Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/news-and-events/index	1
Columbia College Chicago : Columbia Centralwww.colum.edu/columbia-central/index	1
Transfer Application Requirements \| Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/admissions/requirements/transfer	1
Academics \| Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/academics/index	1
Campus Visits - Admissions & Financial Aid - Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/admissions/visit-us/index	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.colum.edu/	1
Virtual Eventswww.colum.edu/admissions/visit-us/virtual	1
Apply \| Application Requirements \| Columbia College Chicagowww.colum.edu/admissions/index	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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