Faculty & Staff | Lakehead University

Giving | Lakehead University

The Business Fundamentals Integrated Pathway (BFIP) | Lakehead University

City of Orillia | Lakehead University

Lakehead Orillia | Lakehead University

Campus Life | Lakehead University

Page not found | Lakehead University

Alumni | Lakehead University

Faculties | Lakehead University

Life After Lakehead: Careers | Lakehead 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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Title / URL	Issues
Faculty & Staff \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-staff	5
Giving \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/alumni/giving	1
The Business Fundamentals Integrated Pathway (BFIP) \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/admissions/bfip	1
City of Orillia \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life/orillia	1
Lakehead Orillia \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/about/orillia-campus	1
Campus Life \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life	1
Page not found \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Alumni \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/alumni	1
Faculties \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/programs/faculties	1
Life After Lakehead: Careers \| Lakehead Universitywww.lakeheadu.ca/campus-life/alumni-and-careers	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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