stuck with fadeTo
<p>I am trying to fadeIn/fadeOut my hyperlinks. I have used fadeTo() as opposed to fadeOut seeing that fadeOut gets rid of the hyperlink. With fadeTo, that is not the case, the hyperlink is still there but with a very low opacity value. I was wondering if it was possible to fade out the a.active background and still be able to see the text and the underlying background of the body</p>

<pre><code>var fade_to = function() {      
    $("a.active").fadeTo("slow", 0.0001);
};

$(document).ready(function() {  
    $("a.active").css("display", "none").fadeIn(2000);
    var intervalId = window.setInterval(fade_to, 5000);
});
a.active {
    background: #ff0000;
    width: 246px;
    height: 47px;
    padding-top: 3px;       
    color:  #ffffff;
}
body {
    background: #000000
}  
</code></pre>
