Apply | The University of Virginia

Clubs & Activities | The University of Virginia

UVA Parents | The University of Virginia

Faculty & Staff | The University of Virginia

The University of Virginia

Current Students | The University of Virginia

Charlottesville & Beyond | The University of Virginia

Admission | The University of Virginia

Affording UVA | The University of Virginia

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
Apply \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/apply	1
Clubs & Activities \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/life/activities	1
UVA Parents \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/parents	1
Faculty & Staff \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/facultystaff	1
The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/	1
Current Students \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/uvastudents	1
Charlottesville & Beyond \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville	1
Current Students \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/uvastudents	1
Admission \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/life	1
Affording UVA \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/life/affordinguva	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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