function validateFields() {
var frmEl = document.getElementById('cForm');
var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
var posLang = document.getElementById('posLang');
var whiteSpace = /^[\s]+$/;
	if (validate_required(posEmail.value)==false) {
		if (posLang.value == 'de') {
			alert("Bitte fuellen Sie Ihre E-Mail-Adresse aus.");
		} else if (posLang.value == 'de') {
			alert("Please fill in your email-address.");
		} else {
			alert("Please fill in your email-address.");
		}
		posEmail.focus();
	} else if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {
		if (posLang.value == 'de') {
			alert("Bitte waehlen Sie eine Begruendung.");
		} else if (posLang.value == 'de') {
			alert("Please select a reason to mark this entry as spam.");
		} else {
			alert("Please select a reason to mark this entry as spam.");
		}
	} else {
		sendPosEmail();
	}
}
function sendPosEmail () {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
	var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
	var posLang = document.getElementById('posLang');
	var page = "/xmlHttpRequest.php?contact=true&xml=true&lang="+posLang;

	showContactTimer(); // quickly begin the load bar
	success.style.display = 'none';

	// convert (&, +, =) to string equivs. Needed so URL encoded POST won't choke.
	var str1 = posEmail.value;
	str1 = str1.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str1 = str1.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");
	var str2 = posText.value;
	str4 = str2.replace(/&/g,"**am**");
	str4 = str2.replace(/=/g,"**eq**");
	str4 = str2.replace(/\+/g,"**pl**");

	var stuff = "posEmail="+str1+"&posText="+str2;
	loadXMLPosDoc(page,stuff)
}
function showContactTimer () {
	// edit start
	var spform = document.getElementById('spForm');
	spform.style.display = "none";
	// edit end
	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; }
}

function validate_required(field) {
	with (field) {
		apos=field.indexOf("@")
		dotpos=field.lastIndexOf(".")
		if (apos<1||dotpos-apos<2) {
			return false
		} else {
			return true
		}
	}
}

addEvent(window, 'load',ajaxContact, false);