James Madison University - JMU

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Gateway for JMU Students - JMU

Gateway to JMU Community - JMU

The Graduate School - JMU

University Health Center - 540-568-6178 - JMU

College of Visual and Performing Arts - JMU

Research and Scholarship - JMU

Honors College - JMU

Parents and Families - JMU

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
James Madison University - JMUwww.jmu.edu/index.shtml	11
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.jmu.edu/index.shtml	11
Gateway for JMU Students - JMUwww.jmu.edu/gateway/students.shtml	10
Gateway to JMU Community - JMUwww.jmu.edu/gateway/community.shtml	10
The Graduate School - JMUwww.jmu.edu/grad/index.shtml	9
University Health Center - 540-568-6178 - JMUwww.jmu.edu/healthcenter/index.shtml	9
College of Visual and Performing Arts - JMUwww.jmu.edu/arts/index.shtml	9
Research and Scholarship - JMUwww.jmu.edu/research/index.shtml	8
Honors College - JMUwww.jmu.edu/honors/index.shtml	8
Parents and Families - JMUwww.jmu.edu/family/index.shtml	7

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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