Research degrees | Research | Uni of Herts

Search | Courses | Uni of Herts

Short | Courses | Uni of Herts

Preparatory Courses | Courses | Uni of Herts

Adobe Premiere Pro | Courses | Uni of Herts

Doctorate in Medicine | Research | Uni of Herts

DMan/MA by Research | Research | Uni of Herts

PhD Optometry | Research | Uni of Herts

PhD Education | Research | Uni of Herts

Data Analysis in R | Courses | Uni of Herts

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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University of Hertfordshire

Title / URL	Issues
Research degrees \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research	24
Search \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/search	24
Short \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short	24
Preparatory Courses \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/preparatory	13
Adobe Premiere Pro \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short/adobe-premiere-pro	9
Doctorate in Medicine \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/doctorate-in-medicine	9
DMan/MA by Research \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/dmanma-by-research	9
PhD Optometry \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-optometry	9
PhD Education \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-education	9
Data Analysis in R \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short/data-analysis-in-r	9

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

University of Hertfordshire

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