A-Z Site Index - Delta State University

RN-BSN - School of Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - School of Nursing

Music - Home - Arts and Sciences

Home - Arts and Sciences

Art - Home - Art Department

Robert E. Smith School of Nursing - School of Nursing

Master of Science - School of Nursing

Admissions

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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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Delta State University

Title / URL	Issues
A-Z Site Index - Delta State Universitywww.deltastate.edu/a-z-site-index/	30
RN-BSN - School of Nursingwww.deltastate.edu/school-of-nursing/rn-bsn/	7
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - School of Nursingwww.deltastate.edu/school-of-nursing/bsn/	7
Music - Home - Arts and Scienceswww.deltastate.edu/artsandsciences/music/	4
Home - Arts and Scienceswww.deltastate.edu/artsandsciences/	4
Art - Home - Art Departmentwww.deltastate.edu/art/	4
Robert E. Smith School of Nursing - School of Nursingwww.deltastate.edu/school-of-nursing/	4
Master of Science - School of Nursingwww.deltastate.edu/school-of-nursing/msn/	4
Admissionswww.deltastate.edu/academic-affairs/admissions/	4
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.deltastate.edu/	4

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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