DCU Global | Dublin City University

DCU Alumni | Dublin City University | DCU Alumni

Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland | Dublin City University | Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland

Courses at DCU | Dublin City University |

DCU Placement | Dublin City University

DCU Sport | Dublin City University | DCU Sport

Student Support & Development | Dublin City University | Student Support & Development

Age Friendly University | Dublin City University | Age Friendly University

DCU Campus Store | Dublin City University

Student Health Service | Dublin City University | Student Health Service

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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May 2025

Dublin City University

Title / URL	Issues
DCU Global \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/global	1
DCU Alumni \| Dublin City University \| DCU Alumniwww.dcu.ie/alumni	1
Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland \| Dublin City University \| Centre for Talented Youth, Irelandwww.dcu.ie/ctyi	1
Courses at DCU \| Dublin City University \|www.dcu.ie/courses	1
DCU Placement \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/placement	1
DCU Sport \| Dublin City University \| DCU Sportwww.dcu.ie/dcusport	1
Student Support & Development \| Dublin City University \| Student Support & Developmentwww.dcu.ie/students	1
Age Friendly University \| Dublin City University \| Age Friendly Universitywww.dcu.ie/agefriendly	1
DCU Campus Store \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/campusstore	1
Student Health Service \| Dublin City University \| Student Health Servicewww.dcu.ie/health	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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