Online Classes & Programs | EICC

Current Students | EICC

One College, Many Locations | EICC

Faculty & Staff | EICC

Parents & Family | EICC

Events

TCC Magazine

First time visit: View without clicking anything

404 Page Not Found | EICC

Paying for EICC | EICC

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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Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

Title / URL	Issues
Online Classes & Programs \| EICCeicc.edu/classes-programs/online/	11
Current Students \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/current-students/	11
One College, Many Locations \| EICCeicc.edu/services-support/location/	11
Faculty & Staff \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/faculty-staff/	11
Parents & Family \| EICCeicc.edu/eicc-for/parents-family/	11
Eventseicc.edu/events/	11
TCC Magazineeicc.edu/news/tcc-magazine.aspx	11
First time visit: View without clicking anythingeicc.edu/	11
404 Page Not Found \| EICCeicc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	11
Paying for EICC \| EICCeicc.edu/admission-aid/paying/	11

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

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