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    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>jQuery validation plug-in - main demo</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/screen.css">
    <script src="../lib/jquery.js"></script>
    <script src="../dist/jquery.validate.js"></script>
    <script>
    $.validator.setDefaults({
        submitHandler: function() {
            alert("submitted!");
        }
    });

    $().ready(function() {
        $.validator.addMethod("loginRegex", function(value, element) {
        return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zA-Z 0-9\\_]+$/i.test(value);
    }, "Username must contain only alphabet,space, numbers, or underscore.")


        // validate the comment form when it is submitted


        // validate signup form on keyup and submit
        $("#signupForm").validate({
            rules: {
                firstname: "required",
                lastname: "required",
                username: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 2,
                    loginRegex : true
                },
                password: {
                    required: true,

                    minlength: 5
                },
                confirm_password: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 5,
                    equalTo: "#password"
                },
                email: {
                    required: true,
                    email: true
                },

                agree: "required"
            },
            messages: {
                firstname: "Please enter your firstname",
                lastname: "Please enter your lastname",
                username: {
                    required: "Please enter a username",
                    minlength: "Your username must consist of at least 2 characters",

                },
                password: {
                    required: "Please provide a password",
                    minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long"
                },
                confirm_password: {
                    required: "Please provide a password",
                    minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long",
                    equalTo: "Please enter the same password as above"
                },
                email: "Please enter a valid email address",
                agree: "Please accept our policy",

            }
        });

        // propose username by combining first- and lastname

    });
    </script>
    <style>
    #commentForm {
        width: 500px;
    }
    #commentForm label {
        width: 250px;
    }
    #commentForm label.error, #commentForm input.submit {
        margin-left: 253px;
    }
    #signupForm {
        width: 670px;
    }
    #signupForm label.error {
        margin-left: 10px;
        width: auto;
        display: inline;
    }
    #newsletter_topics label.error {
        display: none;
        margin-left: 103px;
    }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 id="banner"><a href="http://jqueryvalidation.org/">jQuery Validation Plugin</a> Demo</h1>
<div id="main">
    <p>Default submitHandler is set to display an alert into of submitting the form</p>

    <form class="cmxform" id="signupForm" method="get" action="">
        <fieldset>
            <legend>Validating a complete form</legend>
            <p>
                <label for="firstname">Firstname</label>
                <input id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="lastname">Lastname</label>
                <input id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="username">Username</label>
                <input id="username" name="username" type="text">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="password">Password</label>
                <input id="password" name="password" type="password">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="confirm_password">Confirm password</label>
                <input id="confirm_password" name="confirm_password" type="password">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="email">Email</label>
                <input id="email" name="email" type="email">
            </p>
            <p>
                <label for="agree">Please agree to our policy</label>
                <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="agree" name="agree">
            </p>

            <p>
                <input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
            </p>
        </fieldset>
    </form>


</div>
</body>
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