Contact Curtin | Student enquiries | Find us in person

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Curtin University | Make tomorrow better

Vice-Chancellor, experience, education - About | Curtin University

Governance | University policy | Academic integrity

Curtin Mauritius, address, phone number - About | Curtin University

Curtin University Colombo | Global location | Curtin University

Curtin Midland, address, phone number - About | Curtin University

Current Students - Curtin University

Learning and teaching | Education excellence | Curtin 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
	Contact Curtin \| Student enquiries \| Find us in personwww.curtin.edu.au/about/contact/	3
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.curtin.edu.au/	3
	Curtin University \| Make tomorrow betterwww.curtin.edu.au/	3
	Vice-Chancellor, experience, education - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/leadership/vice-chancellor/	2
	Governance \| University policy \| Academic integritywww.curtin.edu.au/about/governance/	2
	Curtin Mauritius, address, phone number - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/campus-locations/mauritius/	2
	Curtin University Colombo \| Global location \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/campus-locations/colombo/	2
	Curtin Midland, address, phone number - About \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/campus-locations/midland/	2
	Current Students - Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/students/	2
	Learning and teaching \| Education excellence \| Curtin Universitywww.curtin.edu.au/about/learning-teaching/	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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