jQuery highlight and fade background on named anchors

gistfile1.js

// highlight and fade background on named anchors
// requires jquery.color.js http://plugins.jquery.com/project/color
function highlight(elemId){
    var elem = $(elemId);
    elem.css("backgroundColor", "#ffffff"); // hack for Safari
    elem.animate({ backgroundColor: '#ffffaa' }, 1500);
    setTimeout(function(){$(elemId).animate({ backgroundColor: "#ffffff" }, 3000)},1000);
}
   
if (document.location.hash) {
    highlight(document.location.hash);
}
$('#main a[href*=#]').click(function(){            
    var elemId = '#' + $(this).attr('href').split('#')[1];
    highlight(elemId);               
});

gistfile2.js

// highlight background on named anchors
// requires jquery.color.js http://plugins.jquery.com/project/color
// ** can't animate to transparent, use css instead **
function highlight(elemId){
    $(elemId).animate({ backgroundColor: '#ffffaa' }, 1500);
    setTimeout(function(){$(elemId).css({ 'backgroundColor': 'transparent' })},1000);
}

if (document.location.hash) {
    highlight(document.location.hash);
}
$('#main a[href*=#]').click(function(){            
    var elemId = '#' + $(this).attr('href').split('#')[1];
    highlight(elemId);               
});