University Advancement | Georgia Southwestern State University

Mission & Vision | Georgia Southwestern | Georgia Southwestern State University

Office of Recruitment and Admissions | Georgia Southwestern State University

News

Community Connections | Georgia Southwestern State University

404 | Georgia Southwestern State University

Faculty & Staff Directory

Apply to GSW | Georgia Southwestern State University

The Breeze

Division of Student Engagement and Success | Georgia Southwestern State University

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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June 2025

May 2025

Georgia South Western State University

Title / URL	Issues
University Advancement \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/advancement/	1
Mission & Vision \| Georgia Southwestern \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/about/mission-vision	1
Office of Recruitment and Admissions \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/admissions/info	1
Newswww.gsw.edu/news/	1
Community Connections \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/community/	1
404 \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Faculty & Staff Directorywww.gsw.edu/directory/	1
Apply to GSW \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/admissions/apply	1
The Breezewww.gsw.edu/breeze/	1
Division of Student Engagement and Success \| Georgia Southwestern State Universitywww.gsw.edu/ses/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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