Frequently visited department websites | Northern Arizona University

Request Information | Northern Arizona University

NAU Research | Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University | Online, Bachelor’s, Graduate | NAU

NAU alumni impact | Northern Arizona University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Across Arizona | Study in Arizona | Northern Arizona University

About | Northern Arizona University

JacksCard | Northern Arizona University

Creative works | Northern Arizona 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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Title / URL	Issues
Frequently visited department websites \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/frequently-visited-department-websites/	25
Request Information \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/request-information/	2
NAU Research \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/research/	1
Northern Arizona University \| Online, Bachelor’s, Graduate \| NAUnau.edu/	1
NAU alumni impact \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/impact/alumni6/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingnau.edu/	1
Across Arizona \| Study in Arizona \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/experience/across-arizona/	1
About \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/about/	1
JacksCard \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/landing/jackscard/	1
Creative works \| Northern Arizona Universitynau.edu/impact/creative-works/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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