function checkForm(contactForm) 
{	
	var isValidForm = true;
	
	var fName = contactForm.firstName.value;
	var lName = contactForm.lastName.value;
	var email = contactForm.email.value;
	
	/* ___________________ required fields ___________________*/
	// Check that required fields are entered first
	
	if ( (fName == "") || (fName == null) ) {
		window.alert("Please enter your first name");
		contactForm.firstName.focus();
		contactForm.firstName.select();
		return false;
	}

	if ( (lName == "") || (lName == null) ) {
		alert("Please enter your last name");
		contactForm.lastName.focus();
		return false;
	}

	if ( (email == "") || (email == null) ) {
		alert("Please enter your email address");
		contactForm.email.focus();
		return false;
	}

	if ( (email != "") && (email != null) ) {
		return isValidEmail(email);
	}
	
	return isValidForm;
	
} // end function checkForm()


// This code came from http://www.webreference.com/js/column5/form.html
function isValidEmail(emailAddress)  {		
	var reg1 = /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(@\.)|(\.@)|(^\.)/; // not valid
	var reg2 = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/; // valid

	if (!reg1.test(emailAddress) && reg2.test(emailAddress))
	{
		return true;
	} else
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		document.getElementById("email").select();
		return false;
}


function showFocus(formElement) {
	document.getElementById(formElement).style.background = "#ECEBFC";
	//document.getElementById(formElement).select();
}

function unFocus() {
	document.getElementById("firstName").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("lastName").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("org").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("phone").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("email").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("comments").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
}

function unFocusEmailSignUp() {
	document.getElementById("firstName").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("lastName").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	document.getElementById("email").style.background = "#FFFFFF";
}