Locations | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

East Texas A&M News | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Transfer Admissions | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Academic Programs | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Campus Recreation | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Academics | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Colleges | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Student Organizations | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

About Us | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Waters Library | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

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
	Locations \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/locations/	1
	East Texas A&M News \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/news/	1
	Transfer Admissions \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/transfer/	1
	Academic Programs \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/programs/	1
	Campus Recreation \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/campusrec/	1
	Academics \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/academics/	1
	Colleges \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/colleges/	1
	Student Organizations \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/orgs/	1
	About Us \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/about-us/	1
	Waters Library \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.etamu.edu/library/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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