I've noticed that when I plage a module in a pane it automatically adds an empty anchor tag like <a name="541"></a>  The problem is the css class for this pane puts a border and backgound behind anchor tags so I wind up with a blob of color of the page. Is there any way to disable the insertion of these tags? 

Thanks for the response, unfortunately I wasn't able to get that to work. But I am new to dnn and I might not completely understand what you are telling me. The css class for formatting the links is in a section that contains the panes and not part of the pane itself. I could reorganize the css classes but I've been instructed to change it as little as possible. Is there a way to give these inserted anchors a specific class?  Is it not possible to specify anchor formatting in a class that is used at a container level without this happening? 

I appreciate any insights anyone might have. 

Here is the original html from the skin before it gets parsed. 

 <section class='row' id='glance'>
 <!-- This 'row' class is the class that defines the style for the anchor tags -->
  <div id="FeaturePanel1" class='three' runat="server"> <!-- a empty anchor tag gets inserted here when a module is added.  Since no class is specified it uses the class of the section above it, causing problems-->   </div>
<div id="FeaturePanel2" class='three' runat="server"></div>
<div id="FeaturePanel3" class='three' runat="server"></div>
<div id="FeaturePane4" class='three last' runat="server"></div>
</section>

Here is the the resulting html after it has been parsed a few html modules have been placed

<section class='row' id='glance'>
 <div id="dnn_FeaturePanel1" class="three">
  <div class="DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-541">
   <a name="541"></a>  <!-- Here is the empty anchor tag with no class defined -->
    <div id="dnn_ctr541_ContentPane">
     <!-- Start_Module_541 --><div id="dnn_ctr541_ModuleContent" class="DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC">
      <div id="dnn_ctr541_HtmlModule_lblContent" class="Normal">
       <span>Who We Serve</span>
       <img alt="" src="/portals/1/images/glance-model.jpg" />
       <p>some text</p>
       <a href="#" class="cta">Learn more</a>
      </div>
     </div><!-- End_Module_541 -->
    </div>
  </div>
 </div>
 <div id="dnn_FeaturePanel2" class="three DNNEmptyPane">
 </div>
    
 <div id="dnn_FeaturePanel3" class="three DNNEmptyPane">
 </div>
    
 <div id="dnn_FeaturePane4" class="three last">
  <div class="DnnModule DnnModule-DNN_HTML DnnModule-544">
   <a name="544"></a>
    <div id="dnn_ctr544_ContentPane">
     <!-- Start_Module_544 --><div id="dnn_ctr544_ModuleContent" class="DNNModuleContent ModDNNHTMLC">
      <div id="dnn_ctr544_HtmlModule_lblContent" class="Normal">
      </div>
     </div><!-- End_Module_544 -->
    </div>
  </div>
 </div>
</section>

Thanks a bunch! Changing the css class to specify a:link, a:visited fixed the issue.  Makes perfect sense now that I think about it.