don forget to include the Color Animations plugin document ready funct

//don't forget to include the Color Animations plugin
$(document).ready(function(){

    $(".pane:even").addClass("alt");

    $(".pane .btn-delete").click(function(){
        alert("This comment will be deleted!");

        $(this).parents(".pane").animate({ backgroundColor: "#fbc7c7" }, "fast")
        .animate({ opacity: "hide" }, "slow")
        return false;
    });

    $(".pane .btn-unapprove").click(function(){
        $(this).parents(".pane").animate({ backgroundColor: "#fff568" }, "fast")
        .animate({ backgroundColor: "#ffffff" }, "slow")
        .addClass("spam")
        return false;
    });

    $(".pane .btn-approve").click(function(){
        $(this).parents(".pane").animate({ backgroundColor: "#dafda5" }, "fast")
        .animate({ backgroundColor: "#ffffff" }, "slow")
        .removeClass("spam")
        return false;
    });

    $(".pane .btn-spam").click(function(){
        $(this).parents(".pane").animate({ backgroundColor: "#fbc7c7" }, "fast")
        .animate({ opacity: "hide" }, "slow")
        return false;
    });
});