Thanks Mike, you got me on the right path, your code needed a small tweak:
jQuery(document).ready ( function() { setTimeout ( function() { jQuery('div.request').fadeOut(2000); }, 5000 ); } ); Thanks again On Sep 16, 2:32 pm, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I make the element (div with class="request"), fade out after > > loading page and waiting 5 seconds, basically: > > > 1) load the page > > 2) wait 5 seconds > > 3) fade out the element > > > Here's what I have: > > > jQuery(document).ready > > ( > > function() > > { > > jQuery('div.request').fadeOut(5000); > > } > > ); > > Try this: > > $(document).ready(function() { > setTimeout(function() { > $('div.request').fadeOut(); > }, 5000); > > });