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Honors Program

Career Readiness | Mount St. Joseph University

Library

Mission | Mount St. Joseph University

Community Outreach | Mount St. Joseph University

About the Mount | Mount St. Joseph University

Registrar (Transcripts and Catalogs)

Mount St. Joseph University Centennial

Administration | Mount St. Joseph 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
Page Not Foundmsj.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Honors Programmsj.edu/academics/honors-program/index.html	1
Career Readiness \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/career-readiness/index.html	1
Librarymsj.edu/academics/library/index.html	1
Mission \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/mission/index.html	1
Community Outreach \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/community-outreach/index.html	1
About the Mount \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/index.html	1
Registrar (Transcripts and Catalogs)msj.edu/academics/registrar/index.html	1
Mount St. Joseph University Centennialmsj.edu/about/centennial/index.html	1
Administration \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/administration/index.html	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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