COVID-19 Information | University of Colorado Boulder

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Home | University of Colorado Boulder

Staff | University of Colorado Boulder

Research and Creative Work | University of Colorado Boulder

Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement | University of Colorado Boulder

Faculty | University of Colorado Boulder

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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
COVID-19 Information \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/covid-19	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.colorado.edu/	1
Home \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/	1
Staff \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/staff	1
Research and Creative Work \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/research	1
Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/odece/	1
Faculty \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/faculty-0	1
Admissions \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/admissions	1
About \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/about	1
Discover What's Here \| University of Colorado Boulderwww.colorado.edu/discover/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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