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Re: empty anchor tags

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From: Tony Olivero
Date: Feb 23, 2012 2:54PM

It may also be that these links are used to trigger JavaScript functions. I
have seen cases of background CSS being used to display an image, and an
empty anchor is in the actual HTML code to trigger the function.

As Jared stated, these empty anchors should be removed, but if it is the
case that they are being used to trigger JS calls, you will need to ensure
an accessible replacement in the page content.

Tony