Research | SUNY Upstate

Upstate Community Hospital | SUNY Upstate

Upstate Patient Care | SUNY Upstate

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Academics | SUNY Upstate

Upstate Medical University | SUNY Upstate

Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital | SUNY Upstate

Heart Services | SUNY Upstate

Prospective Students | SUNY Upstate

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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Upstate Medical University

Title / URL	Issues
Research \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/research/	1
Upstate Community Hospital \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/community/	1
Upstate Patient Care \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/healthcare/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.upstate.edu/	1
Academics \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/education/	1
Upstate Medical University \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/	1
Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/gch/	1
Heart Services \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/heart-services/	1
Upstate Medical University \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/index.php	1
Prospective Students \| SUNY Upstatewww.upstate.edu/prospective/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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