Advantage Oakland | Oakland County, MI

Business Development | Oakland County, MI

OakAlert | Oakland County, MI

Page Not Found... | Oakland County, MI

40 Under 40 | Oakland County, MI

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Oakland County, MI

Programs | Oakland County, MI

Health | Oakland County, MI

Community | Oakland County, MI

Public Health Services | Oakland County, MI

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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

March 2025

February 2025

Oakland County, Michigan

Title / URL	Issues
Advantage Oakland \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/business/advantage-oakland	9
Business Development \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/business/business-development	9
OakAlert \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/community/emergency-management/oakalert	9
Page Not Found... \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/invented-url-for-404-page	9
40 Under 40 \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/government/county-executive/40-under-40	9
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/community/diversity-equity-inclusion	9
Programs \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/business/advantage-oakland/programs	9
Health \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/community/health	9
Community \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/community	9
Public Health Services \| Oakland County, MIwww.oakgov.com/community/health/public-health-services	9

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Oakland County, Michigan

Where this issue has occurred