Terms & Conditions | Fife Council

Council housing | Fife Council

Housing Benefit | Fife Council

What's on | Fife Council

Day Care Centres | Fife Council

News Centre | Fife Council

Homeless Accommodation | Fife Council

Halls | Fife Council

Secondary Schools | Fife Council

Landfill Sites | Fife Council

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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March 2026

February 2026

Fife Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Terms & Conditions \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/home/terms-and-conditions	2
	Council housing \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/housing/council-housing	2
	Housing Benefit \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/housing/housing-benefit	2
	What's on \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/whats-on	1
	Day Care Centres \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/facilities/day-care-centre	1
	News Centre \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/news?page=4/	1
	Homeless Accommodation \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/facilities/homeless-accommodation	1
	Halls \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/facilities/hall	1
	Secondary Schools \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/facilities/secondary-school	1
	Landfill Sites \| Fife Councilwww.fife.gov.uk/facilities/landfill	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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