News | Durham Technical Community College

Events | Durham Technical Community College

Conditions of Use | Durham Technical Community College

Student Services | Durham Technical Community College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Dual Enrollment | Durham Technical Community College

Help Hub | Durham Technical Community College

Community | Durham Technical Community College

Careers | Durham Technical Community College

Pay for College | 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
News \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/news	2
Events \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/events	2
Conditions of Use \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/conditions-use	1
Student Services \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/student-services	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.durhamtech.edu/	1
Dual Enrollment \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/dual-enrollment	1
Help Hub \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/HelpHub	1
Community \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/community	1
Careers \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/careers	1
Pay for College \| Durham Technical Community Collegewww.durhamtech.edu/pay-college	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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