Campus Safety Tips | Oklahoma State University

Parking on Campus | Oklahoma State University

Campus Crime Statistics | Oklahoma State University

Campus Safety | Oklahoma State University

OSUIT Police Department | Oklahoma State University

First-Time Freshman | Oklahoma State University

Admissions | Oklahoma State University

About Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology | Oklahoma State University

Degrees & Programs | Oklahoma State University

Workforce and Economic Development | Oklahoma State 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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Oklahoma State University Institue of Technology

Title / URL	Issues
Campus Safety Tips \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/safety/safety-tips.html	1
Parking on Campus \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/safety/parking.html	1
Campus Crime Statistics \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/safety/crime-stats.html	1
Campus Safety \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/safety/	1
OSUIT Police Department \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/safety/police.html	1
First-Time Freshman \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/admissions/freshman.html	1
Admissions \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/admissions/index.html	1
About Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/about/index.html	1
Degrees & Programs \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/academics/degrees-programs/	1
Workforce and Economic Development \| Oklahoma State Universityosuit.edu/workforce/index.html	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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