Academics at Willamette University | Your Path to Success

Atkinson Graduate School of Management | Willamette MBA

Willamette College | Undergraduate Program at Willamette

Willamette's School of Law | Graduate Law Programs in Oregon

Willamette University Admissions - Start your future, Apply Today

Visit Willamette University | Salem and Portland, Oregon

Diversity | Life on Campus | Willamette University

Arts on Campus | Life Throughout Willamette University

Life on Campus | The Willamette University Community

School of Computing & Information Sciences | Willamette

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
Academics at Willamette University \| Your Path to Successwillamette.edu/academics/	1
Atkinson Graduate School of Management \| Willamette MBAwillamette.edu/academics/mba/	1
Willamette College \| Undergraduate Program at Willamettewillamette.edu/academics/college/	1
Willamette's School of Law \| Graduate Law Programs in Oregonwillamette.edu/academics/law/	1
Willamette University Admissions - Start your future, Apply Todaywillamette.edu/admissions/	1
Visit Willamette University \| Salem and Portland, Oregonwillamette.edu/admissions/visit/	1
Diversity \| Life on Campus \| Willamette Universitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/diversity	1
Arts on Campus \| Life Throughout Willamette Universitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/arts	1
Life on Campus \| The Willamette University Communitywillamette.edu/life-on-campus/	1
School of Computing & Information Sciences \| Willamettewillamette.edu/academics/computing/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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