About Ouachita

University Quick Links

Visit

Academic Success Center

Athletics

Multicultural Student Programs

Applying to Ouachita

Calendar

Page not Found

Career & Calling

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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Ouachita Baptist University

Title / URL	Issues
About Ouachitaobu.edu/about/index.php	2
University Quick Linksobu.edu/quicklinks.php	2
Visitobu.edu/visit.php	2
Academic Success Centerobu.edu/success/index.php	2
Athleticsobu.edu/athletics.php	2
Multicultural Student Programsobu.edu/msp.php	2
Applying to Ouachitaobu.edu/apply.php	2
Calendarobu.edu/calendar.php	2
Page not Foundobu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Career & Callingobu.edu/career/index.php	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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