Saginaw Valley State University

Course Catalog - Saginaw Valley State University

Zahnow Library - Saginaw Valley State University

Human Resources - Saginaw Valley State University

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Alumni Association - Saginaw Valley State University

Offices - About - SVSU

A to Z Index - About - SVSU

Newsroom - SVSU

Study Abroad - Saginaw Valley 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.

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

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December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/	1
Course Catalog - Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/catalog/	1
Zahnow Library - Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/library/	1
Human Resources - Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/hr/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.svsu.edu/	1
Alumni Association - Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/alumni/	1
Offices - About - SVSUwww.svsu.edu/about/offices/	1
A to Z Index - About - SVSUwww.svsu.edu/about/atozindex/	1
Newsroom - SVSUwww.svsu.edu/newsroom/	1
Study Abroad - Saginaw Valley State Universitywww.svsu.edu/studyabroad/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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