function echeck(str) {

	var at="@"
	var dot="."
	var lat=str.indexOf(at)
	var lstr=str.length
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
	   alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
	   return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
	   alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
	   return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
		return false
	}

	 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
		return false
	 }

	 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		alert("IPlease enter a valid email address.")
		return false
	 }

	 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
		return false
	 }
	
	 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.")
		return false
	 }

	 return true					
}

function validateFields() {
var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
var posRegard = document.getElementById('posRegard');
var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
var strCC = document.getElementById('selfCC');
var whiteSpace = /^[\s]+$/;
var filter=/^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i
	
	if ( posName.value == '' || filter.test(posName.value) ) {
		alert("Please enter your name");
		posName.focus();
	}	
	else if ((posEmail.value==null)||(posEmail.value=="")){
		alert("Please enter your email address")
		posEmail.focus()
	}
	else if (echeck(posEmail.value)==false){
		posEmail.focus()
	}
	else if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {
		alert("Please enter your message.");
		posText.focus();
	}
	else {
		sendPosEmail();
	}
}
function sendPosEmail () {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
	var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
	var posRegard = document.getElementById('posRegard');
	var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
	var strCC = document.getElementById('selfCC').value;
	var page = "scripts/xmlHttpRequest.php?contact=true&xml=true";
	
	showContactTimer(); // quickly begin the load bar
	success.style.display = 'none'; // hide the success bar (incase this is a multi-email
	
	// convert (&, +, =) to string equivs. Needed so URL encoded POST won't choke.
	var str1 = posName.value;
	str1 = str1.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str2 = posEmail.value;
	str2 = str2.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str2 = str2.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str2 = str2.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str3 = posRegard.value;
	str3 = str3.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str3 = str3.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str3 = str3.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str4 = posText.value;
	str4 = str4.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str4 = str4.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str4 = str4.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	
	var stuff = "selfCC="+strCC+"&posName="+str1+"&posEmail="+str2+"&posRegard="+str3+"&posText="+str4;
	loadXMLPosDoc(page,stuff)
}
function showContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	loader.style.display = 'block';
	sentTimer = setTimeout("hideContactTimer()",3000);
}

function hideContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var fieldArea = document.getElementById('contactFormArea');
	var inputs = fieldArea.getElementsByTagName('input');
	var inputsLen = inputs.length;
	var tAreas = fieldArea.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
	var tAreasLen = tAreas.length;
	// Hide the load bar alas! Done Loading
	loader.style.display = "none";
	success.style.display = "block";
	success.innerHTML = '<strong style="color:#0066CC;">'+grabPosXML("confirmation")+'</strong>';
	// Now Hijack the form elements
	for ( i=0;i<inputsLen;i++ ) {
		if ( inputs[i].getAttribute('type') == 'text' ) {
			inputs[i].value = '';
		}
	}
	for ( j=0;j<tAreasLen;j++ ) {
		tAreas[j].value = '';
	}
}

function ajaxContact() {
var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
addEvent(frmEl, 'submit', validateFields, false);
frmEl.onsubmit = function() { return false; }
}
addEvent(window, 'load',ajaxContact, false);