function isValidEmail(str) {

   return (str.indexOf(".") > 2) && (str.indexOf("@") > 0);
}

$(function() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $('input.text-input').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('input.text-input').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#F99999"});
  });
  $('input.text-input').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  });

  $(".button").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
	
		var email = $("input#email").val();
		if (!isValidEmail(email)) {
      $("label#email_error").show();
      $("input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }
	
	var dataString = '&email=' + email;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "../mailer/process.php",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#contact_form').html("<div id='message'></div>");
        $('#message').html("<h3>Thanks! We will be in touch shortly.</h3>")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(1500, function() {
          $('#message')
        });
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});