title: slide out animation
body: <p>I have a link, when the user clicks on a link, I want jquery to animate a box that slides out from the link.</p>
  
  <p>I got it to do that using the code below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>box.animate({width: 500px, height:500px}, "fast"); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but this slides out to the bottom. However I make it slide out towards the top? Also, how can I "reverse" the side (currently, it slides to the right. How can I make it slide left)?</p>