School of Fine & Performing Arts | SUNY New Paltz

Schedule of Classes | SUNY New Paltz

Employment Opportunities | SUNY New Paltz

Residence Life | SUNY New Paltz

People-Finder | SUNY New Paltz

404: Page not found | SUNY New Paltz

Honors Program | SUNY New Paltz

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

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

SUNY New Paltz | Office of Academic Advising

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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December 2025

November 2025

New Paltz

Title / URL	Issues
School of Fine & Performing Arts \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/fpa/	2
Schedule of Classes \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/classes/	1
Employment Opportunities \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/hr/jobs.html	1
Residence Life \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/reslife/	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
Honors Program \| SUNY New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/honors/	1
SUNY New Paltz \| What Can I Do With This Major?www.newpaltz.edu/careers-in/	1
SUNY New Paltz \| The State University of New York at New Paltzwww.newpaltz.edu/	1
SUNY New Paltz \| Office of Academic Advisingwww.newpaltz.edu/advising/hub/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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