Inspired by a similar feature at Twitter.com, this jQuery Plugin will help you display messages at the top of your page with an assortment of options.

Download the latest version 1.3 of the plugin at http://showMessage.dingobytes.com/download/

This is my first attempt at a jQuery Plugin, so although it works fine for my liking, I am sure there are many things that can be done more effectively.

• Message displayed at the top of page (no scrolling to view error)
• Multiple messages can be displayed
• Options to automatically close the message after set delay
• Message closes with blur/’esc’ key/’close’ link

• Download
• Install
• Options
• Examples

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