Academics - Northern Virginia Community College

College Forms Library - Northern Virginia Community College

NOVA ESL - Northern Virginia Community College

Calendars - Northern Virginia Community College

Pathways - Northern Virginia Community College

Transfer - Northern Virginia Community College

Libraries - Northern Virginia Community College

CCAMPIS: Supporting Parenting Students - Northern Virginia Community College

Bookstore - Northern Virginia Community College

Pay Your Tuition - Northern Virginia Community College

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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Northern Virginia Community College

Title / URL	Issues
Academics - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/academics/index.html	19
College Forms Library - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/forms/index.html	19
NOVA ESL - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/nova-esl/index.html	19
Calendars - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/calendars/index.html	19
Pathways - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/academics/pathways/index.html	19
Transfer - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/transfer/index.html	19
Libraries - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/library/index.html	19
CCAMPIS: Supporting Parenting Students - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/ccampis/index.html	19
Bookstore - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/bookstore/index.html	19
Pay Your Tuition - Northern Virginia Community Collegewww.nvcc.edu/payment/index.html	19

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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