// verify contact form in siderbar
function submitsideContactForm() {
  var missing = '';
  var invalid = '';
            
  if (document.sideContactForm.Name.value == '' || document.sideContactForm.Name.value == document.sideContactForm.Name.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "Name"' : '"Name"';
  }
  
  if (document.sideContactForm.email == '' || document.sideContactForm.email.value == document.sideContactForm.email.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "E-mail"' : '"E-mail"';
  }
          var emailFilter=/^.+@.+\..+$/;
  var illegalChars= /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\[\]]/;
  var addr = document.sideContactForm.email.value;
  if (!(emailFilter.test(addr)) || addr.match(illegalChars)) {
       invalid += "Please enter a valid email address.\n\n";
  }
  
    if (document.sideContactForm.Message.value == '' || document.sideContactForm.Message.value == document.sideContactForm.Message.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "Message"' : '"Message"';
  }
        
  if (missing != '') {
    alert("Required fields missing: " + missing);
    return false;
  } else if (invalid != '') {
    alert("Error: \n" + invalid);
    return false;
  } else {

    document.sideContactForm.action ;

    return true;
  }

  return false;

}
// verify login form in menu
function submitmenuLoginForm() {
  var missing = '';
  var invalid = '';
            
  if (document.menuLoginForm.username.value == '' || document.menuLoginForm.username.value == document.menuLoginForm.username.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "Username"' : '"Username"';
  }
  
  if (document.menuLoginForm.password.value == '' || document.menuLoginForm.password.value == document.menuLoginForm.password.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "Password"' : '"Password"';
  }
        
  if (missing != '') {
    alert("Required fields missing: " + missing);
    return false;
  } else if (invalid != '') {
    alert("Error: \n" + invalid);
    return false;
  } else {

    document.menuLoginForm.action ;

    return true;
  }

  return false;

}
// verify search form in menu
function submitmenuSearchForm() {
  var missing = '';
  var invalid = '';
            
  if (document.menuSearchForm.search.value == '' || document.menuSearchForm.search.value == document.menuSearchForm.search.defaultValue) {
    missing += (missing != '') ? ', "Search Terms"' : '"Search Terms"';
  }
  
 if (missing != '') {
    alert("Required fields missing: " + missing);
    return false;
  } else if (invalid != '') {
    alert("Error: \n" + invalid);
    return false;
  } else {

    document.menuSearchForm.action ;

    return true;
  }

  return false;

}
// bookmarks

function bookmarks() {
	
var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
if (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1) {
	alert ('Please use CTRL+T to bookmark this site');
	} else if(agt.indexOf("firefox") != -1) {
	alert ('Please use CTRL+D to bookmark this site');
	} else if (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1){
	window.external.AddFavorite( 'http://www.thejerklnc.com', 'The J.E.R.K. LNC');
	}
}

// clear form values
function remove(el) {
  if (el.defaultValue==el.value) el.value = "";
}