//============================================
function ValidateContactForm(theForm){


  if (theForm.first.value == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter a value for the \"First name\" field.");
    theForm.first.focus();
    return (false);
  }

  if (theForm.last.value == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter a value for the \"Last name\" field.");
    theForm.last.focus();
    return (false);
  }

  if (theForm.phone.value == "")
  {
    if (theForm.email.value == "")
    {
      alert("Please enter a value for either the \"Phone\" or \"Email\" fields.");
      theForm.phone.focus();
      return (false);    
    }
  }

  //-------------------------------------
  if (theForm.Type.value == "JOIN")
  {
    // No Validation - Comments Not Required
  }else if (theForm.Type.value == "STORY")
  {
    if (theForm.comments.value == "")
    {
      alert("Please enter \"Your Story\".");
      theForm.comments.focus();
      return (false);
    }    
  }else if (theForm.Type.value == "FEEDBACK")
  {
    if (theForm.comments.value == "")
    {
      alert("Please enter \"Your Comments\".");
      theForm.comments.focus();
      return (false);
    }  
  }
  //-------------------------------------
  
}
//============================================


//================================================
function format_phone(objPhone) {
	var newphone="";
	var phone="";
	
	phone=objPhone.value; 
	
	if(objPhone.value != ""){

			
		for(i=0;i<phone.length;i++) {
		   if ((phone.substr(i,1) >= "0") && (phone.substr(i,1) <= "9")) 
			  newphone = newphone + phone.substr(i,1);	
		}
		retval = newphone.length;
		if (retval <= 9){
			alert("   Phone Number must include Area Code.");
			objPhone.focus();
			return false;
		}
	
		objPhone.value = "(" + newphone.substr(0,3) + ") " + newphone.substr(3,3) + "-" + newphone.substr(6,4);
		return true;
	} else {
		return true;
	}
}

//================================================	

function emailCheck (passedObj) {
    //alert(passedObj.value)
	passedObj.value = trim(passedObj.value)
	emailStr = passedObj.value;
	if (emailStr =="") return true;
	/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
		 fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
	   from the domain. */
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
	/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
		 characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
		 These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
	var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
	/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
		 username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
	/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
     which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
     and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
     is a legal e-mail address. */
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
	/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
		 rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
		 e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
	var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
	/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
		 non-special characters.) */
	var atom=validChars + '+'
	/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
		 For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
		 Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
	// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
	/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
		 domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")

	/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
		 valid. */

	/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
	if (matchArray==null) {
		/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
			 even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
		alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
		BadMail(passedObj);
		return false	
	}
	var user=matchArray[1]
	var domain=matchArray[2]

	// See if "user" is valid 
	if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
    alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
		BadMail(passedObj);
    return false
	}

	/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
		 host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
	var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
	if (IPArray!=null) {
	  // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
					BadMail(passedObj);
					return false
	    }
    }
    return true
	}

	// Domain is symbolic name
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
	if (domainArray==null) {
		alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
		BadMail(passedObj);
		return false
	}

	/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
		 three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
		 representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
     the domain or country. */

	/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
    it consists of. */
	var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
	var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
	var len=domArr.length
	if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
    // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
    alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
		BadMail(passedObj);
    return false
	}

	// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
	if (len<2) {
   alert("This address is missing a hostname!")
	 BadMail(passedObj);
   return false
	}

	// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
	return true;
}

//================================================	

function BadMail(passedObj) {
		passedObj.select();
		passedObj.focus();
		return true;
}
//================================================	
function trim(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function