John Molson School of Business - Concordia University

News - Concordia University

IT services - Concordia University

50th Anniversary - Concordia University

Concordia Print Services - Concordia University

Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science - Concordia University

Students - Concordia University

Alumni & friends - Concordia University

Birks Student Service Centre - Concordia University

The Campaign for Concordia - Concordia 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
John Molson School of Business - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/jmsb.html	1
News - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/news.html	1
IT services - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/it.html	1
50th Anniversary - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/50th.html	1
Concordia Print Services - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/print.html	1
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/ginacody.html	1
Students - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/students.html	1
Alumni & friends - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/alumni-friends.html	1
Birks Student Service Centre - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/students/birks.html	1
The Campaign for Concordia - Concordia Universitywww.concordia.ca/campaign.html	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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