A-Z Index | TTU

Student Life | Student Life | TTU

Public Access to Course Information | TTU

Student Resources | Campus Life | TTU

There is a problem. (Error 404) | TTU

Texas Tech University | TTU

General Policy Information | TTU

A History of Texas Tech | TTU

Admissions, Cost & Aid | TTU

Current Students | TTU

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
	A-Z Index \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/site/	46
	Student Life \| Student Life \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/campus-life/student-life/	20
	Public Access to Course Information \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/courseinfo/	20
	Student Resources \| Campus Life \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/campus-life/student-resources.php	20
	There is a problem. (Error 404) \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	20
	Texas Tech University \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/	20
	General Policy Information \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/policy/	20
	A History of Texas Tech \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/traditions/	20
	Admissions, Cost & Aid \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/admissions/	20
	Current Students \| TTUwww.ttu.edu/current-students/	20

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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