Bill Clemmons, Ph.D. | PLNU

Mark A. Maddix, Ph.D. | PLNU

Kim Hogelucht, Ph.D. | PLNU

Mark Shannon | PLNU

Bobby Compton, Ph.D. | PLNU

Lindsey Lupo, Ph.D. | PLNU

Kayla Ongais | PLNU

Connor Mathisen | PLNU

Lael Corbin, M.F.A. | PLNU

Michael Lodahl, Ph.D. | PLNU

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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Point Loma Nazarene University

Title / URL	Issues
Bill Clemmons, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/bill-clemmons-phd	2
Mark A. Maddix, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/mark-maddix-phd	2
Kim Hogelucht, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/kim-hogelucht-phd	2
Mark Shannon \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/mark-shannon	2
Bobby Compton, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/bobby-compton-phd	2
Lindsey Lupo, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/lindsey-lupo-phd	2
Kayla Ongais \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/kayla-ongais	2
Connor Mathisen \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/connor-mathisen	2
Lael Corbin, M.F.A. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/lael-corbin-mfa	2
Michael Lodahl, Ph.D. \| PLNUwww.pointloma.edu/faculty/michael-lodahl-phd	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Point Loma Nazarene University

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