$(function() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $('input.text-input').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('input.text-input').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFDDAA"});
  });
  $('input.text-input').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  });

  $(".button").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
		
		var email = $("input#email").val();
		if (email == "") {
      $("label#email_error").show()
      $("input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }

			var name = $("input#name").val();
			var phone = $("input#phone").val();
			var intro = $("textarea#intro").val();
			
			var main = $("textarea#main").val();
			
			
		

		
		var dataString = 'name='+ name + '&email=' + email + '&phone=' + phone + '&intro=' + intro + '&main=' + main ;
		
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "bin/articlesubmit.php",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#contact_form').html("<div id='message'></div>");
        $('#message').html("<h2>Your Article has been submitted!</h2>")
        .append("<p>Our Team is reviewing our article.</p>")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(1500, function() {
          $('#message').append("<img id='checkmark' src='images/check.png' />");
        });
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});
runOnLoad(function(){
  $("input#name").select().focus();
});