## views.py

def learn_more(request):
    form = LearnMoreForm(request.POST or None)
    if form.is_valid():
        form.save()

        if request.is_ajax():
            return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps({
                'success':True,
                'message':'Thank you for signing up!'}), mimetype='application/json')

        messages.success(request, 'Thank you for signing up!')
        form = None
        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META['HTTP_REFERER'])

    if request.is_ajax():
        return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps({
            'success':False,
            'message':'There was an error processing your email'}), mimetype='application/json')

    messages.error('There was an error processing your email')
    return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META['HTTP_REFERER'])

##javascript

$(function(){

	$('a.email').click(function(){
		var v = Base64.decode(unescape($(this).attr('data-hash')));
		$(this).text(v);
		$(this).removeClass('email');
		$(this).addClass('decoded-email');
		return false;
	});
	$('a.decoded-email').live('click', function(){
		$(this).attr('href', 'mailto:'+$(this).text());
		return false;
	});
	$('a.addthis').each(function(){
		addthis.button($(this).get());
	});
	$('html').ajaxSend(function(event, xhr, settings) {
		function getCookie(name) {
			var cookieValue = null;
			if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
				var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
				for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
					var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
					// Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
					if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
						cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
						break;
					}
				}
			}
			return cookieValue;
		}

		if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url)) || /localhost:*/.test(settings.url)) {
			// Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
			xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
		}
	});

	//need to limit it to the scope of signup yo
	if($('form.newsletter').length){
		//apply the goodies - ajax up in there
		$("form.newsletter #id_email").labelify({labelledClass: "inputHighlight"});
		$('form.newsletter').each(function(){
			$(this).validate({
				rules: {
					email: {
						required: true,
						email: true
					}
				},
				messages: {
					email: "Email address is required!"
				},
				errorElement: 'span',
				errorPlacement: function(error, element){
					error.insertBefore(element.prev());
				},
				submitHandler: function(form){
					$('input[type="submit"]', $(form)).attr('disabled', 'true');
					//form.submit();
					$.post($(form).attr('action'),$(form).serialize(),function(data, textStatus){
						if(data.success){
							//empty form contents
							$(form).empty();
							$(form).append('<p class="message success">'+data.message+'</p>');
						}else{
							$(form).append('<p class="message error">'+data.message+'</p>');
						}
					});
				}
			});
		});
	}
});