drbb

Thanks, I’ll give that a try, and check back in here if I get it to work.

First part’s easy enough:

<script src="https://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.6.3.min.js"> </script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#userInput').focus(function() {
$('#instructions').fadeOut();
});
});
</script>
<input id="userInput" type="textarea"></textarea>
<div id="instructions">Give me a text</div>

Doesn’t include color but that’s just CSS. If I understand the other part of your question, that takes a bit more coding but it’s still pretty basic. Try googling “jquery ajax callback” and you’ll see lots of examples.

Both form and results.

I’m not a total WP newbie, but enough of one that I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing an alternative. Guess I’m going to have to ping the original developer until she responds. Appreciate the help.

On edit: I’ve marked this resolved.