Graduate Admissions | University of Northern British Columbia

UNBC Student Advising | University of Northern British Columbia

Faculty and staff | University of Northern British Columbia

Wireless services | University of Northern British Columbia

Privacy Home | University of Northern British Columbia

Information for Current Students | University of Northern British Columbia

Programs | University of Northern British Columbia

International | University of Northern British Columbia

Information Technology Services | University of Northern British Columbia

Contact | University of Northern British Columbia

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
Graduate Admissions \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/admissions/graduate	5
UNBC Student Advising \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/advising	1
Faculty and staff \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/faculty-staff	1
Wireless services \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/information-technology-services/wireless	1
Privacy Home \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/foippa	1
Information for Current Students \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/current-students	1
Programs \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/programs-courses	1
International \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/international	1
Information Technology Services \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/information-technology-services	1
Contact \| University of Northern British Columbiawww2.unbc.ca/alumni/contact	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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