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Re: empty anchor tags

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From: Angela French
Date: Feb 24, 2012 11:06AM

These particular empty tags exist in code that I inherited. I'm testing their removal now. Thank you for the feedback.
Angela French

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>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.
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>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.
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>Tony
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