Academics | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Planetarium and Observatory | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Freshman Admissions | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Graduate School Admissions | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Colleges | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Campus Recreation | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Directions, Parking and Addresses | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

Page not found | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Academic Programs | East Texas A&M University, ETAMU

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 \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/academics/	15
Planetarium and Observatory \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/planetarium/	5
Freshman Admissions \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/freshman/	5
Graduate School Admissions \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/grad/	3
Colleges \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/colleges/	2
Campus Recreation \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/campusrec/	2
Directions, Parking and Addresses \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/directions/	2
Page not found \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.tamuc.edu/	1
Academic Programs \| East Texas A&M University, ETAMUwww.tamuc.edu/programs/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Texas A&M University Commerce

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