var easter = {
	init:function()	{
		var options = { 
        target:        '#form',   // target element(s) to be updated with server response 
		beforeSubmit:  function(){return validate('submitForm','signup');},
        success:       showResponse  // post-submit callback 
 
        // other available options: 
        //url:       url         // override for form's 'action' attribute 
        //type:      type        // 'get' or 'post', override for form's 'method' attribute 
        //dataType:  null        // 'xml', 'script', or 'json' (expected server response type) 
        //clearForm: true        // clear all form fields after successful submit 
        //resetForm: true        // reset the form after successful submit 
 
        // $.ajax options can be used here too, for example: 
        //timeout:   3000 
    }; 
    // bind form using ajaxForm 
    $('#submitForm').ajaxForm(options); 
	
	// pre-submit callback 
function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) { 
    // formData is an array; here we use $.param to convert it to a string to display it 
    // but the form plugin does this for you automatically when it submits the data 
    var queryString = $.param(formData); 
 
    // jqForm is a jQuery object encapsulating the form element.  To access the 
    // DOM element for the form do this: 
    // var formElement = jqForm[0]; 
 
    alert('About to submit: \n\n' + queryString); 
 
    // here we could return false to prevent the form from being submitted; 
    // returning anything other than false will allow the form submit to continue 
    return true; 
} 
 
// post-submit callback 
function showResponse()  { 
    // for normal html responses, the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseText property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'xml' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseXML property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'json' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the json data object returned by the server 
 
    $("#form").addClass('thanks').html('<img src="images/thanks.png" />');
} 
function validate(form_id,email) {
 	  var reg = /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\@([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.])+\.([A-Za-z]{2,4})$/;
   	var address = document.forms[form_id].elements[email].value;
	//alert("address is " + address + " and !address is " + !address);
	if(!address){
		alert('Please enter a valid email address');
      	  return false;
   }
   	if(reg.test(address) === false) {
    	  alert('Please enter a valid email address');
      	  return false;
   }
}

		
	}
};
$(document).ready(easter.init);