Academics | St. John's University

Life at St. John's | St. John's University

Faith and Mission | St. John's University

Connect With Us | St. John's University

Centers and Institutes | St. John's University

Public Safety | St. John's University

Our Schools & Colleges | St. John's University | New York

Admission & Aid | St. John’s University | Queens, NY

Majors and Programs of Study | St. John's University

Page Not Found | St. John's 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 \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/academics	1
Life at St. John's \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/life-st-johns	1
Faith and Mission \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/who-we-are/faith-and-mission	1
Connect With Us \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/admission/connect-us	1
Centers and Institutes \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/academics/centers-institutes	1
Public Safety \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/who-we-are/public-safety	1
Our Schools & Colleges \| St. John's University \| New Yorkwww.stjohns.edu/academics/schools	1
Admission & Aid \| St. John’s University \| Queens, NYwww.stjohns.edu/admission	1
Majors and Programs of Study \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/academics/programs	1
Page Not Found \| St. John's Universitywww.stjohns.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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