Geneva & The Finger Lakes | About | HWS Colleges

Community Events Calendar | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Offices/Administration | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Stay Connected | Alums & Friends | Hobart and William Smith

News | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Academics | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Athletics | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Give to HWS | Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

December 2024

November 2024

	Title / URL	Issues
	Geneva & The Finger Lakes \| About \| HWS Collegeswww.hws.edu/about/geneva.aspx	1
	Community Events Calendar \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/news/calendar.aspx	1
	Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/default.aspx	1
	Offices/Administration \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/offices/default.aspx	1
	Stay Connected \| Alums & Friends \| Hobart and William Smithwww.hws.edu/alum/connected.aspx	1
	News \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/news/default.aspx	1
	Academics \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/academics/default.aspx	1
	Athletics \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/athletics.aspx	1
	Give to HWS \| Hobart and William Smith Collegeswww.hws.edu/alum/give.aspx	1
	404www.hws.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Where this issue has occurred