var breakingStart = false; // autostart breaking news var breakingSpeed = 40; // breaking msg speed var breakingScroll = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]; var breakingOffset = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]; var elementsToClone = [true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true]; var elementsActive = []; var theCount = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]; //form validation function validateName(fld) { var error = ""; if (value === '' || value === 'Nickname' || value === 'Enter Your Name..' || value === 'Your Name..') { error = "You didn't enter Your First Name.\n"; } else if ((length < 2) || (length > 50)) { error = "First Name is the wrong length.\n"; } return error; } function validateEmail(fld) { var error=""; var illegalChars = /^[^@]+@[^@.]+\.[^@]*\w\w$/; if (value === "") { error = "You didn't enter an email address.\n"; } else if ( match(illegalChars) === null) { error = "The email address contains illegal characters.\n"; } return error; } function validateMessage(fld) { var error = ""; if (value === '') { error = "You didn't enter Your message.\n"; } else if (length < 3) { error = "The message is to short.\n"; } return error; }