Contact | University of Pittsburgh

Arts and Humanities | University of Pittsburgh

Privacy Policy | University of Pittsburgh

Tre Tipton | University of Pittsburgh

Isabel Lam | University of Pittsburgh

Consumer Information | University of Pittsburgh

Life at Pitt | University of Pittsburgh

Pittwire | University of Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Campus | University of Pittsburgh

Languages | University of Pittsburgh

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
Contact \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/contact	1
Arts and Humanities \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/pittwire/arts-and-humanities	1
Privacy Policy \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/privacy-policy	1
Tre Tipton \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/pittwire/ones-watch/tre-tipton	1
Isabel Lam \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/pittwire/ones-watch/isabel-lam	1
Consumer Information \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/general-info	1
Life at Pitt \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/student-life	1
Pittwire \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/pittwire	1
The Pittsburgh Campus \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/about/pittsburgh-campus	1
Languages \| University of Pittsburghwww.pitt.edu/global/languages	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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