About WC: Empowering Hands-On Learning for Making an Impact

Mission, Vision & Values - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Benefits of WC - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Wilmington College Online - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Dining Services - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Tuition & Fees - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

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Honors Program - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Student Life at WC - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Career Services - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

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
About WC: Empowering Hands-On Learning for Making an Impactwww.wilmington.edu/about	2
Mission, Vision & Values - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/about/mission	1
Benefits of WC - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/admission/benefits-of-wc	1
Wilmington College Online - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/wc-online	1
Dining Services - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/student-life/dining	1
Tuition & Fees - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/admission/tuition-fees	1
invented-url-for-404-pagewww.wilmington.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Honors Program - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/academics/honors-program	1
Student Life at WC - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/student-life	1
Career Services - Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)www.wilmington.edu/career-services	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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