Visiting Students

History of NYU

Undergraduate Admissions

Summer

Giving to NYU

About NYU

NYU Online

First time visit: View without clicking anything

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University Initiatives

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
	Visiting Studentswww.nyu.edu/admissions/visiting-students.html	2
	History of NYUwww.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/history-of-nyu.html	1
	Undergraduate Admissionswww.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions.html	1
	Summerwww.nyu.edu/admissions/visiting-students/academics/summer.html	1
	Giving to NYUwww.nyu.edu/about/giving.html	1
	About NYUwww.nyu.edu/about.html	1
	NYU Onlinewww.nyu.edu/academics/nyu-online.html	1
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.nyu.edu/	1
	Main Navigation Menubarwww.nyu.edu/footer/accessibility/main-navigation-menubar.html	1
	University Initiativeswww.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives.html	1

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