Registration | University of Colorado Boulder

The Colorado Creed | Division of Student Affairs | University of Colorado Boulder

Search | University of Colorado Boulder

Why CU Boulder | University of Colorado Boulder

Tutoring | Office of Undergraduate Education | University of Colorado Boulder

Research & Innovation Office |

Home | Undergraduate Advising

Admissions | University of Colorado Boulder

Home | Sustainability

Land Acknowledgment | University of Colorado Boulder

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
Registration \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/registration	1
The Colorado Creed \| Division of Student Affairs \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/creed	1
Search \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/search	1
Why CU Boulder \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/admissions/why-cu-boulder	1
Tutoring \| Office of Undergraduate Education \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/oue/tutoring	1
Research & Innovation Office \|www.colorado.edu/researchinnovation	1
Home \| Undergraduate Advisingwww.colorado.edu/advising	1
Admissions \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/admissions	1
Home \| Sustainabilitywww.colorado.edu/sustainability	1
Land Acknowledgment \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/land-acknowledgment	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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