Calendar: Public Events • Temple College

Libraries • Temple College

News • Temple College

Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning • Temple College

Resources • Temple College

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Email • Temple College

History • Temple College

Locations • Temple College

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
Calendar: Public Events • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/calendar/	44
Libraries • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/resources/library/	2
News • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/news/	2
Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/about/ierp/	2
Resources • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/resources/	2
Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Email • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/resources/email/	2
History • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/about/history/	2
Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/	2
Locations • Temple Collegewww.templejc.edu/about/locations/	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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