Triggering JQuery Panel From Link

JavaScript
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I don’t know Jquery/Javascript too well at all but I can look at this code and see its pretty simple…

jQuery Panel:

$(document).ready(function() {
	
	// Expand Panel
	$(".open").click(function(){
		$("div#panel").slideDown("slow");
	
	});	
	
	// Collapse Panel
	$(".close").click(function(){
		$("div#panel").slideUp("slow");	
	});		
	
	// Switch buttons from "Log In | Register" to "Close Panel" on click
	$("#toggle a").click(function () {
		$("#toggle a").toggle();
	});		
		
});

and to trigger it from any link on the page it would need somethin like

$(".contact").click(function(){contactPanel()});

but I dont know how to give Panel code the name “contactPanel”… so this is where I’m stuck. how do i do this?

also I have a “Open Contact Form” at the top of the page but I want to put a contact link at the very bottom and after the link is clicked i would like for the website to scroll up before the panel drops down… is that possible?