Husson University

Bookstore

Family and Friends Weekend

Student Accounts

Center for Student Success

Student Life

For Families

New England School of Communications (NESCom) | Husson

Apply

International Initiatives

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
Husson Universitywww.husson.edu/	2
Bookstorewww.husson.edu/student-life/facilities/bookstore	1
Family and Friends Weekendwww.husson.edu/family/family-friends-weekend	1
Student Accountswww.husson.edu/family/student-accounts	1
Center for Student Successwww.husson.edu/student-success/	1
Student Lifewww.husson.edu/student-life/	1
For Familieswww.husson.edu/family/	1
New England School of Communications (NESCom) \| Hussonwww.husson.edu/nescom/	1
Applywww.husson.edu/admissions/apply/	1
International Initiativeswww.husson.edu/international-students/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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