Academics | Oklahoma State University

Academic Advisement | Oklahoma State University

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action | Oklahoma State University

OSU-OKC Home | Oklahoma State University

Human Resources | Oklahoma State University

Admissions | Oklahoma State University

Jobs & Careers | Oklahoma State University

Student Life | Oklahoma State University

Course Catalog | 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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Title / URL	Issues
Academics \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/academics/index.html	1
Academic Advisement \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/academics/advisement.html	1
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/eeo/	1
OSU-OKC Home \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/	1
Human Resources \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/human-resources/index.html	1
Admissions \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/admissions/index.html	1
Jobs & Careers \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/about-osuokc/jobs.html	1
Admissions \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/admissions/	1
Student Life \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/student-life/index.html	1
Course Catalog \| Oklahoma State Universityosuokc.edu/academics/catalog.html	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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