CCRI News – CCRI

Nursing – CCRI

Governance – CCRI

Online Learning and Technology for Students – CCRI

Contact CCRI – CCRI

Academic Calendar – CCRI

One Stop Student Services – CCRI

Campus Store – CCRI

Hispanic-Serving Institution – CCRI

Academic and Career Paths – CCRI

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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July 2025

June 2025

Community College of Rhode Island

Title / URL	Issues
CCRI News – CCRIccri.edu/news/	2
Nursing – CCRIccri.edu/nursing/	2
Governance – CCRIccri.edu/governance/	1
Online Learning and Technology for Students – CCRIccri.edu/online/	1
Contact CCRI – CCRIccri.edu/about/contact.html	1
Academic Calendar – CCRIccri.edu/calendar/academic/	1
One Stop Student Services – CCRIccri.edu/onestop/	1
Campus Store – CCRIccri.edu/bookstore/	1
Hispanic-Serving Institution – CCRIccri.edu/hsi/index.html	1
Academic and Career Paths – CCRIccri.edu/pathways/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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