Demo of Fadein & Fadeout Effects using JQuery

CSS

<style>
.msg{ 
position: relative;
FONT-SIZE: 12px;
font-family: Verdana;
padding:10px;
width:350px;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
}
</style>

HTML

<input type=button id=b1 value='FadeIn'><input type=button id=b2 value='FadeOut'>
<div id=d1 class='msg'>FadeIn or FadeOut this layer by using buttons</div>

jquery

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
///// show /// 
$('#b1').click(function(){
$('#d1').fadeIn();
})
//////Hide ////////
$('#b2').click(function(){
$('#d1').fadeOut();
})
////////////////
})
</script>