Events | Durham Technical Community College

News | Durham Technical Community College

Apply | Durham Technical Community College

Explore Careers

University Transfer | Durham Technical Community College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Center for Workforce Engagement | Durham Technical Community College

Continuing Education | Durham Technical Community College

Durham Technical Community College

Page not found | Durham Technical Community College

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
Events \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/events	2
News \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/news	2
Apply \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/apply	2
Explore Careerswww.durhamtech.edu/careers	2
University Transfer \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/university-transfer	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.durhamtech.edu/	1
Center for Workforce Engagement \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/center-workforce-engagement	1
Continuing Education \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/continuing-education	1
Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/	1
Page not found \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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