School of Fine & Performing Arts | SUNY New Paltz

SUNY New Paltz | The State University of New York at New Paltz

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Undergraduate Admissions | Majors and Minors| SUNY New Paltz

People-Finder | SUNY New Paltz

404: Page not found | SUNY New Paltz

Visitors Guide | SUNY New Paltz

What Can I Do With This Major? | SUNY New Paltz

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | SUNY New Paltz

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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August 2024

July 2024

New Paltz

Title / URL	Issues
School of Fine & Performing Arts \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/fpa/	2
SUNY New Paltz \| The State University of New York at New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.newpaltz.edu/	2
SUNY New Paltz \| The State University of New York at New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/index.html	2
Undergraduate Admissions \| Majors and Minors\| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/admissions/	1
People-Finder \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/people/	1
404: Page not found \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Visitors Guide \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/visitorsguide/	1
What Can I Do With This Major? \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/careers-in/	1
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/collegelas/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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