[Athen] HTML coding question: anchors

[Heidi Scher]

Thanks, Sarah! I appreciate your feedback and will share it.

Stay well, Heidi

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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
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Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:16 PM Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) <
sarah.bourne at mass.gov> wrote:


> Heidi,

>

> I think that is a good use of anchors!  I'm not sure what rule they are

> referring to, but it may the one that says links that are close to each

> other need enough space around them so you can select them easily.  Anchors

> don't "go" anyplace - they just mark a spot so you can link to it from

> someplace else.

>

> sb

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> *Subject:* [Athen] HTML coding question: anchors

>

> Hello fellow ATHEN members! I'm looking for a bit of guidance related to

> some HTML coding related to anchors. A colleague has brought em the

> following issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

>

> The issue we are up against is creating anchors where we think people are

> naturally looking for them, and the WCAG rule about multiple anchors going

> to the same place in close proximity to each other.

>

>

> Here is an example: https://resiliency.uark.edu/

> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fresiliency.uark.edu-252F-26data-3D02-257C01-257Chascher-2540uark.edu-257C17677c2eabfc4b99236d08d82e4ccbe6-257C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1-257C0-257C0-257C637310254664291267-26sdata-3D4AmCqEjuh80RS1er9Kv9r81nTTU8bWwCdV88FmrcbF8-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=fzwOM6O_1fEFDqNW2_y0yoMvDkBymihbiSjSXB0ns8s&s=B7sDWyaOhI7wWxf0yb3LhW9gURhROp6cAfXcScPytl4&e=>

> . There are 6 panels on this page.

>

>

>

> Thanks again!

>

> Heidi

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> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director - AT

> *she, her, hers*

> Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas

> 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104 phone

> 479.575.7445 fax

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