How can I make my message <ul> element appear with jQuery when I post a message?
<p>I have the following HTML:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;ul class="message" 
    style="border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
           border-top-left-radius: 0;
           border-top-right-radius: 0;"&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>and this code that sets $message:</p>

<pre><code>oLink.$message = oLink.$modal.find('.message');
</code></pre>

<p>I have the following javascript that adds a message:</p>

<pre><code>obj.$message.html("&lt;li&gt;Contacting Server, please wait ...&lt;/li&gt;");
</code></pre>

<p>This works but the problem is that when there is no message my ul is still styled with some properties that give it a height and make it show as an area at the bottom of my screen. Is there some way that I could make the  message invisible and then have it show up. I am not very good at jQuery but could I chain in a show or hide into when I am creating a new message?</p>
