Registrar

Student Financial Services - Office of the Bursar

About the Mount | Mount St. Joseph University

Dining

Veteran Students

Adult Students

Academics at the Mount

Admission to the Mount

Student Life at the University

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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October 2025

September 2025

Mount Saint Joseph University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Registrarmsj.edu/academics/registrar/index.html	3
	Student Financial Services - Office of the Bursarmsj.edu/tuition-aid/payment/index.html	3
	About the Mount \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/index.html	3
	Diningmsj.edu/student-life/dining/index.html	3
	Veteran Studentsmsj.edu/admission/veteran-students/index.html	3
	Adult Studentsmsj.edu/admission/adult-students/index.html	3
	Academics at the Mountmsj.edu/academics/index.html	3
	Admission to the Mountmsj.edu/admission/index.html	3
	Student Life at the Universitymsj.edu/student-life/index.html	3
	Administration \| Mount St. Joseph Universitymsj.edu/about/administration/index.html	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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