function validateFields() {
var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
var posPhone = document.getElementById('posPhone');
var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
var posSec = document.getElementById('posSec');
var security = document.getElementById('security');

var whiteSpace = /^[\s]+$/;

if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {
		alert("You're trying to send an empty message. Please try again...");
	}
	else if ( posEmail.value == '' && posPhone.value == '' ) {
		alert("You need to have one form of contact, phone or email...");
		posEmail.focus();
	}
	else if (!isValidEmail(posEmail.value) ||  whiteSpace.test(posEmail.value) ) {
		alert("You need to provide a valid email address...");
		posEmail.focus();
	}
	else if ( posSec.value != '5') {
		alert("Please answer the anti-spam question correctly!");
		posSec.focus();
	}
	else if ( security.value != '') {
		alert("We do not allow bots to send mail here!");
		security.focus();
	}

	else {
		sendPosEmail();
	}
}

function isValidEmail(str) {
   return (str.indexOf(".") > 2) && (str.indexOf("@") > 0);
}
function sendPosEmail () {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
	var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
	var posPhone = document.getElementById('posPhone');
	var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
	var posSec = document.getElementById('posSec');
	var security = document.getElementById('security');
	var page = "js/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 = posPhone.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 str5 = posSec.value;
	str5 = str5.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str5 = str5.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str5 = str5.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str6 = security.value;
	str6 = str6.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str6 = str6.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str6 = str6.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");

	var stuff = "posName="+str1
              +"&posEmail="+str2
              +"&posPhone="+str3
              +"&posText="+str4
              +"&posSec="+str5
              +"&security=verified1";
	loadXMLPosDoc(page,stuff)
}
function showContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	loader.style.display = 'block';
	sentTimer = setTimeout("hideContactTimer()",6000);
}

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:green;">'+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);