MyLMC | Lake Michigan College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

William Hessel Library | Lake Michigan College

Capital Plan | Lake Michigan College

Community: 75th Anniversary | Lake Michigan College

Become a Student

Lake Michigan College | Benton Harbor • Niles • South Haven

About: Cabinet | Lake Michigan College

Audiences: Recent High School Graduate | Lake Michigan College

Directory | Lake Michigan College

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
MyLMC \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/mylmc	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.lakemichigancollege.edu/	1
William Hessel Library \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/student-life/library	1
Capital Plan \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/about/capital-plan	1
Community: 75th Anniversary \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/community/75	1
Become a Studentwww.lakemichigancollege.edu/admissions	1
Lake Michigan College \| Benton Harbor • Niles • South Havenwww.lakemichigancollege.edu/	1
About: Cabinet \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/about/cabinet	1
Audiences: Recent High School Graduate \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/audience/high-school	1
Directory \| Lake Michigan Collegewww.lakemichigancollege.edu/directory	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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