Contact - Marino Institute of Education

MIE Labyrinth - Marino Institute of Education

About - Marino Institute of Education

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Research Strategy - Marino Institute of Education

Open Day - Marino Institute of Education

Use the Library - Marino Institute of Education

Library - Marino Institute of Education

Home - Marino Institute of Education

Location - Marino Institute of Education

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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Marino Institute of Education, Dublin

	Title / URL	Issues
	Contact - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/contact/	1
	MIE Labyrinth - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/student_life/mie_labyrinth/	1
	About - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/library/about/	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingmie.ie/en/	1
	Research Strategy - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/research/research_strategy/	1
	Open Day - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/study_with_us/open_day/	1
	Use the Library - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/library/use-the-library/	1
	Library - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/library/	1
	Home - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/	1
	Location - Marino Institute of Educationmie.ie/en/location/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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