Calendars & Timetables | Academics | UNB

Faculties & Departments | UNB

Registrar's Offices | Academics | UNB

Undergraduate Admission Requirements | UNB

Student Support at UNB | Student Life | UNB

Programs | University of New Brunswick | UNB

Graduation | UNB

404 - Page Not Found | UNB

Scholarships | UNB

Information Technology Services | UNB

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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

May 2025

April 2025

University of New Brunswick

Title / URL	Issues
Calendars & Timetables \| Academics \| UNBwww.unb.ca/academics/calendars.html	3
Faculties & Departments \| UNBwww.unb.ca/academics/departments.html	3
Registrar's Offices \| Academics \| UNBwww.unb.ca/academics/registrar/	3
Undergraduate Admission Requirements \| UNBwww.unb.ca/admissions/requirements/	3
Student Support at UNB \| Student Life \| UNBwww.unb.ca/studentlife/support.html	3
Programs \| University of New Brunswick \| UNBwww.unb.ca/academics/programs/	3
Graduation \| UNBwww.unb.ca/graduation/	3
404 - Page Not Found \| UNBwww.unb.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	3
Scholarships \| UNBwww.unb.ca/moneymatters/scholarships/	3
Information Technology Services \| UNBwww.unb.ca/its/	3

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

University of New Brunswick

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