$(function() {
			
			$('#contact-submit').click(function() {
				
				
				
				var error = false;
				var email = $("#contact-email").val();
				var name = $("#contact-name").val();
				var message = $("#contact-message").val();
				
				if(email == '' || name == '' || message == '' )
				{
					alert('please fill in all the fields.');
					error = true;
				}
				
				if(!validateEmail(email)){
					alert('please enter a valid email address.');
					error = true;
				}
				
				if(!error){
				
					$.ajax({
				    	 	type: "POST",
				     	   	url: "http://"+host+"/vg/email/sendContactEmail/",
				     	   	data: "from="+email+"&message="+message,
				     	   	success: function(data) {
					    		alert('your message was sent!');
						   	 	var email = $("#contact-email").val('');
								var name = $("#contact-name").val('');
								var message = $("#contact-message").val('');
					  		}

				     });
						
				     return false;
				     
				}

			});
			
			$('#ask-betty-contact-form').submit(function() {
                            var error = false;
                            var email = $("#contact-email").val();
                            var name = $("#contact-name").val();
                            var message = $("#contact-message").val();

                            if(email == '' || name == '' || message == '' )
                            {
                                    error = true;
                                    alert('please fill in all the fields.');
                            }

                            if(!error && !validateEmail(email)){
                                    error = true;
                                    alert('please enter a valid email address.');
                            }

                            if(!error){

                                $.ajax({
                                        type: "POST",
                                        url: "http://"+host+"/vg/email/sendAskBettyEmail/",
                                        data: "from="+email+"&message="+message,
                                        success: function(data) {
                                                alert('your message was sent!');
                                                        var email = $("#contact-email").val('');
                                                        var name = $("#contact-name").val('');
                                                        var message = $("#contact-message").val('');
                                                }

                                });
                            }
                            
                            return false;

			});
			
			
			$('#press-contact-submit').click(function() {

				var email 	= $("#email").val();
				var name 	= $("#name").val();
				var outlet 	= $("#outlet").val();
				var message = $("#contact-message").val();
				var phone 	= $("#phone").val();
				
				var error = false;
				
				if(email == '' || name == '' || message == '' || outlet == '' || phone == '')
				{
					alert('please fill in all the fields.');
					error = true;
				}
				
				if(!validateEmail(email)){
					alert('please enter a valid email address.');
					error = true;
				}
				
				if(!error){
					$.ajax({
				    	 type: "POST",
				     	   url: "../vg/email/sendPressContactEmail/",
				     	   data: "from="+email+"&message="+message+"&name="+name+"&outlet="+outlet+"&phone="+phone,
				     	   	success: function(data) {
					    		alert('your message was sent!');
					  		}
				     });
				
			     
					$("#email").val('');
					$("#name").val('');
					$("#outlet").val('');
					$("#contact-message").val('');
					$("#phone").val('');
						
				     return false;
				}
			});
		});
		
		function validateEmail(elementValue){  
			var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;  
			return emailPattern.test(elementValue);  
		}