SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">

JavaScript

$('body').append("<div class='message success'>Upload successful!</div>");
setTimeout(function() {
  $('.message').remove();
}, 2000);