Problem with applying Spry "Slide Effect"

I am having problems attaching the  slide effect on image. Below is the code for the test page I am working  on to learn how to use this effect (most of which came from Adobe):
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../SpryAssets/SpryEffects.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<style type="text/css">
#content{ visibility: hidden;}
</style>
<div id="content">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Fusce vel sem nec massa cursus
  interdum. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos
  hymenaeos. Duis euismod eros consequat nibh. Pellentesque non purus. Nam lectus magna, faucibus
  vel, aliquet id, commodo vitae, elit. Maecenas sollicitudin, nibh iaculis bibendum consequat,
  odio erat volutpat ipsum, sed dignissim ligula mi in justo. Nam placerat. Nullam fringilla
  tortor. Quisque lacinia, mi non iaculis adipiscing, turpis lacus eleifend velit, dictum
  facilisis pede diam sagittis nulla. Nunc vestibulum elementum enim. Etiam lorem felis, faucibus
  sit amet, vulputate sed, lobortis et, nunc. Morbi vitae lectus.
</div>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<div id="chakra">
<p><img src="../images/chakra_yantra_200px.jpg" alt="chakra" width="200" height="201" /></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The  idea is that there is an image called "chakra", and when the mouse goes  over the image then the text is suposed to slide out as a caption.
When I attempt to attach the effect after selecting the image I am asked to ***Select Target Element ID*** of which there are two options
div "content"
and
div "chakra"
I choose -- div "content"
I then get an error message that says:
“To  get this behavior to work properly, you must select the container tag  you want to slide. (For example, if you want to slide an <image>  tag that is wrapped with the <div> tag, select the container  <div> tag. The container tag must have a unique ID.)
Please  select a container tag as your target element , or cancel the behavior,  wrap your target element with a div tag, assign the new div tag a  unique ID, and reapply the behavior. When you reapply the behavior,  select the new div tag as your target element.
The action will not be added to your document.”
What am I doing wrong?
I  have spent hours on this but not getting anywhere. Are there any good  visual tutorials to explain this? I have read everything that Adobe has  provided but I am still not getting it, but I am getting a head ache.  )-:
I'm using DW CS5 on a Mac, OS X 10.6.6

Add a div element as follows
<div id="content">
<div>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Fusce vel sem nec massa cursus
  interdum. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos
  hymenaeos. Duis euismod eros consequat nibh. Pellentesque non purus. Nam lectus magna, faucibus
  vel, aliquet id, commodo vitae, elit. Maecenas sollicitudin, nibh iaculis bibendum consequat,
  odio erat volutpat ipsum, sed dignissim ligula mi in justo. Nam placerat. Nullam fringilla
  tortor. Quisque lacinia, mi non iaculis adipiscing, turpis lacus eleifend velit, dictum
  facilisis pede diam sagittis nulla. Nunc vestibulum elementum enim. Etiam lorem felis, faucibus
  sit amet, vulputate sed, lobortis et, nunc. Morbi vitae lectus.</div>
</div>
Gramps

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    The object that I want to change doesn't show the actual appearance... it only shows its underlying appearance after ungrouping several times, and then when it is completely ungrouped, it visibly changes to another fill & stroke. This happens even when the object is not grouped with anything... it is just grouped to itself i guess & I am not grouping these items, they just become grouped somehow - I think because of the pathfinder. I often have to ungroup 3-5 times, which is a hassle in iteself... but sometimes I actually need to grouping to keep items togther so I can manage all the ojects & move them around as needed.
    So... the method you are suggesting could possibly solve the issue, except I don't know what the fill & stroke is until I ungroup everything, so I can't create the swatch off to the side to match it. The other thing is, it seems like I would be creating a lot of swatches, since I use lots of different fills & it seems like it would be a lot of extra work.
    Here is an example of 2 objects before using the pathfinder. Please note how the object selected & the fill & stroke boxes all jive:
    Now here are two images after using the pathfinder tool (I added another object to get the problme to happen). Please note how the fill & stroke boxes do not match the objects selected:
    This is what happens when I try to change the fill to green (the fill does not apply):
    I thought it had something to do with compound paths, but as you can see below, the menu doesn't give me an option to release compound paths:
    The final image is what happens after I ungroup the objects:
    I don't understand:
    1) why pathfinder is grouping these objects
    2) why the strokes & fills change & why the fill & stroke boxes don't match the actual fill & stroke.
    3) why I can't change the fill or stroke without ungrouping (even when using the direct selection tool).
    4) why the fill & stroke change again after ungrouping

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