First time visit: View without clicking anything

Tourism

CT.gov Revenue Topic

CT.gov: Departments and Agencies

Connecticut Governor Malloy Archive

404 Error Page

State Symbols

General Description and Facts

Early History

CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Website

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
First time visit: View without clicking anythingportal.ct.gov/	2
Tourismportal.ct.gov/about/tourism	2
CT.gov Revenue Topicportal.ct.gov/services/revenue	2
CT.gov: Departments and Agenciesportal.ct.gov/social_media	2
Connecticut Governor Malloy Archiveportal.ct.gov/malloy-archive	2
404 Error Pageportal.ct.gov/en/404error/?item=%2finvented-url-for-404-page&user=extranet%5cAnonymous&site=website	2
State Symbolsportal.ct.gov/about/state-symbols	2
General Description and Factsportal.ct.gov/about	2
Early Historyportal.ct.gov/about/early-history	2
CT.GOV-Connecticut's Official State Websiteportal.ct.gov/	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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