Course Descriptions | Courses | VIU Official Calendar

Services and Facilities | Vancouver Island University | Canada

Registration | Vancouver Island University | Canada

Current VIU Students | Canada

Areas of Study | Programs | Vancouver Island University | Canada

Human Services Programs | VIU | Canada

Terms of Use | Vancouver Island University | Canada

Online Web Application | Vancouver Island University | Canada

Dual Credit | Vancouver Island University | Canada

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
Course Descriptions \| Courses \| VIU Official Calendarwww.viu.ca/courses	4
Services and Facilities \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/services-and-facilities	1
Registration \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/registration	1
Current VIU Students \| Canadawww.viu.ca/students	1
Areas of Study \| Programs \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/programs/areas-study	1
Human Services Programs \| VIU \| Canadawww.viu.ca/programs/human-services	1
Areas of Study \| Programs \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/programs/areas-study/	1
Terms of Use \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/terms	1
Online Web Application \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/apply	1
Dual Credit \| Vancouver Island University \| Canadawww.viu.ca/dual-credit	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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