$(document).ready(function(){
	
	$("#contact-form").validate({
				errorLabelContainer: "#message-box",
				
				rules: {
					"name": "required",

					"email": {
						required: true,
						email: true
					},
					"message": "required"

				},
				messages: {
				 "name": "Please enter your name.",
				 "email": {
					"required": "Please enter your email address."   
				  },
				  "message": "Please enter a message."
			   },

			   submitHandler: function(form) {

				//hide the form
				$('#contact-form').hide();
				
				$('.contact #content h1').after("<h3>Sending message...</h3>");
				
				//send the ajax request
				$.post('/wp-content/themes/MikVance/sendmessage.php',{
					  name:$('#name').val(),
					  email:$('#email').val(),
					  phone:$('#phone').val(),
					  message:$('#message').val()

					  },

				//return the data
				function(data){
				  $('#content h3').hide();
				  $('#content h1').replaceWith("<h1>Thanks! Your message has been sent.<br/>I will respond as soon as possible.</h1>");
				});

			   }

		});
	
});