//form validation
			function validateName(fld) {
				"use strict";
				var error = "";
						
				if (fld.value === '' || fld.value === 'Nickname' || fld.value === 'Enter Your Name..' || fld.value === 'Your Name..') {
					error = "You did not enter your first name.";
				} else if ((fld.value.length < 2) || (fld.value.length > 200)) {
					error = "First name is the wrong length.";
				}
				return error;
			}
					
			function validateEmail(fld) {
				"use strict";
				var error="";
				var illegalChars = /^[^@]+@[^@.]+\.[^@]*\w\w$/;
						
				if (fld.value === "") {
					error = "You did not enter an email address.";
				} else if ( fld.value.match(illegalChars) === null) {
					error = "The email address contains illegal characters.";
				}

				return error;

			}
					
			function valName(text) {
				"use strict";
				var error = "";
						
				if (text === '' || text === 'Nickname' || text === 'Enter Your Name..' || text === 'Your Name..') {
					error = "You did not enter Your First Name.";
				} else if ((text.length < 2) || (text.length > 50)) {
					error = "First Name is the wrong length.";
				}
				return error;
			}
					
			function valEmail(text) {
				"use strict";
				var error="";
				var illegalChars = /^[^@]+@[^@.]+\.[^@]*\w\w$/;
						
				if (text === "") {
					error = "You did not enter an email address.";
				} else if ( text.match(illegalChars) === null) {
					error = "The email address contains illegal characters.";
				}

				return error;

			}
					
			function validateMessage(fld) {
				"use strict";
				var error = "";
						
				if (fld.value === '') {
					error = "You did not enter Your message.";
				} else if (fld.value.length < 3) {
					error = "The message is to short.";
				}

				return error;
			}		

			function validatecheckbox() {
				"use strict";
				var error = "Please select at least one checkbox!";
				return error;
			}