I have a link:

<a href="linkedfile.html">LINK</a>

I want the HREF value to be carried through my jQuery function.  The function goes as follows:

User clicks link

Linked icons fade out and reappear smaller at the top of the page

Link HREF is followed

The new page will have the logos in the same place as they fade out too and content will appear in a frame below.  However, I am clueless when it comes to Ajax and jQuery and would really like to learn, hence why I am using it.  How do I carry the HREF through?  Or are there better ways to do it?