when the DOM is ready you can write
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#divname").hide();
});
Say now, you want to try and do some animation done by default, (in
the below example I have done some animation only when the user do
mouse over, how can i do that by default as in when the page loads)
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".divname").mouseover(function(){
$(".divname").animate({
opacity: 0.5,
}, 300 );
});
});

