Example is right here: http://docs.jquery.com/Effects/show
How are you hiding your div? It should (preferably) be done using css display:none; ... and then you have to make sure that what you do doesn't conflict with anything else you might've put on there.. which we can't know because you didn't post any code.. On 6 Nov, 20:54, jquerist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Im just starting to learn JQuery and im making a simple webpage > that hides a paragraph when the page opens and then you click a link > to view that paragraph. However when i run the script, the paragraph > comes on for a second and then disappears. I searched for a fix and i > havent found anything yet, so i came here. > > Im using the newest version of Jquery (1.2.6) > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks