<form id="login" method="POST" action="javascript:login()">
        <div class="modal-body">
                <p>
                    <label for="email">Email:</label>
                    <input type="text" id="name" name="email"/>
                    <label for="password">Password:</label>
                    <input type="password" id="password" name="password" />
                </p>
        </div><!-- /modal-body-->
        <div class="modal-footer">
            <a href="#" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a>
            <input type="submit" id="btn-login" class="btn btn-primary" name="login" value="Login">
        </div><!-- /modal-footer-->
        </form>

function login(name, pass) {
    $.ajax({
        type:"POST",
        url: "/actions/login.php",
        user: name,
        password: pass
    });
}

var name = $("input#email").val();
var pass = $("input#password").val();