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]+$/;

	if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {

		alert("You're trying to send an Empty Email. Please type something and then get on your way.");

	}

	else if ( posEmail.value == '' && strCC.checked == true ) {

		alert("Why are you trying to CC yourself without an email?");

		alert("Just for that...");

		alert("I\'m Clearing all the fields!");

		frmEl.reset();

		alert("There. Satisified.");

		alert("Now start over!");

		posName.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'); /*this line was changed to correct a bug (see below) 

	it used to have .value appended to ('selfCC') */

	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**");

	

	/*below is added by Erik Swan to correct bug in original script where even if the Self CC box was not

	checked it would still send the person a copy anyway */

	if( strCC.checked == true )

	{ 

		var strCC2 = "yes";

	}

	else 

	{

		var strCC2 = "no";

	}

	// I've changed everything since the last comment and I changed the "selfCC="+strCC2 from strCC

	var stuff = "selfCC="+strCC2+"&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()",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);