A-Z Site Index - Delta State University

Office of Academic Affairs - Delta State University

Graduate Programs | Academics

Delta State University

Academic Maps 2024-2025 | Academics

Academics | Delta State University

Announcements Archive - News and Events

News and Events - News from Delta State University

Home - College of Business and Aviation

Academic Catalogs - Academic Affairs - Delta State 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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

July 2025

June 2025

Title / URL	Issues
A-Z Site Index - Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/a-z-site-index/	30
Office of Academic Affairs - Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/academics/academic-affairs/	4
Graduate Programs \| Academicswww.deltastate.edu/academics/graduate-programs/	4
Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/	4
Academic Maps 2024-2025 \| Academicswww.deltastate.edu/academics/academic-maps/	4
Academics \| Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/academics/	4
Announcements Archive - News and Eventswww.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/announcements/	4
News and Events - News from Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/	4
Home - College of Business and Aviationwww.deltastate.edu/business-aviation/	4
Academic Catalogs - Academic Affairs - Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/academics/catalog/	4

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Delta State University

Where this issue has occurred