Campus Map | UTHSC

Safety Departments | UTHSC

About UTHSC | UTHSC

Chancellor's Office | UTHSC

Campuses | About UTHSC | UTHSC

Library | UTHSC

404 Page Not Found | UTHSC

Password Management | UTHSC

Mission Statement | About UTHSC | UTHSC

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
Campus Map \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/map/index.php	2
Campus Map \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/map/	2
Safety Departments \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/safety/index.php	1
About UTHSC \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/about/index.php	1
Chancellor's Office \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/chancellor/	1
Campuses \| About UTHSC \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/about/campuses.php	1
Library \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/library/index.php	1
404 Page Not Found \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Password Management \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/password/index.php	1
Mission Statement \| About UTHSC \| UTHSCuthsc.edu/about/mission.php	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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