Search | Courses | Uni of Herts

Research degrees | Research | Uni of Herts

Short | Courses | Uni of Herts

Preparatory Courses | Courses | Uni of Herts

PhD Creative Writing | Research | Uni of Herts

PhD - Finance | Research | Uni of Herts

Research | Uni of Herts

FdA 3D Design | Courses | Uni of Herts

PhD Computer Science | Research | Uni of Herts

PhD - Creative Arts | Research | 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
Search \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/search	24
Research degrees \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research	24
Short \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short	24
Preparatory Courses \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/preparatory	13
PhD Creative Writing \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-creative-writing	9
PhD - Finance \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-finance	9
Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/research	9
FdA 3D Design \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/foundation/fda-3d-design	9
PhD Computer Science \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-computer-science	9
PhD - Creative Arts \| Research \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/research/phd-creative-arts	9

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

University of Hertfordshire

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