Newberry College | Give Now

Newberry College | 404 - Page Not Found

Newberry College | Faculty

Newberry College | Join the Pack

Newberry College | Alumni

Newberry College | Emergency Notifications

Newberry College | Branding & Communications

Newberry College | Admission & Aid

Newberry College | Legal

Newberry College | Academics

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
Newberry College \| Give Nowwww.newberry.edu/giving/givenow	3
Newberry College \| 404 - Page Not Foundwww.newberry.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Newberry College \| Facultywww.newberry.edu/faculty	1
Newberry College \| Join the Packwww.newberry.edu/alumni/join-the-pack	1
Newberry College \| Alumniwww.newberry.edu/alumni	1
Newberry College \| Emergency Notificationswww.newberry.edu/emergency-info	1
Newberry College \| Branding & Communicationswww.newberry.edu/about-us/publications	1
Newberry College \| Admission & Aidwww.newberry.edu/admission	1
Newberry College \| Legalwww.newberry.edu/legal	1
Newberry College \| Academicswww.newberry.edu/academics	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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