Letters | The Guardian

Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

TV and radio | The Guardian

First time visit: View without clicking anything

NHL | The Guardian

Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US | The Guardian

Tennis | The Guardian

Music | The Guardian

Wellness | The Guardian

Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US | The Guardian

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
Letters \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/tone/letters	1
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk	1
TV and radio \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/tv-and-radio	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.theguardian.com/uk	1
NHL \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/nhl	1
Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/commentisfree	1
Tennis \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/tennis	1
Music \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/music	1
Wellness \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/wellness	1
Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/environment	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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