function validateForm(){
  document.userForm.button1.value = "Please Wait ...";
  document.userForm.button1.disabled = true;
  return true;
}

function validateSearchForm(){
	if(document.searchForm.search_opt.value != ""){
		document.searchForm.action=document.searchForm.search_opt.value;
 	}
  document.searchForm.button1.value = "Please Wait ...";
  document.searchForm.button1.disabled = true;
}

<!--
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}
//-->





/************************/
// prepare the form when the DOM is ready 
$(document).ready(function() { 
   if($('#stopspam').val()){
    $('#cForm').ajaxForm({ 
        // target identifies the element(s) to update with the server response 
        target: '#emailSuccess', 
        beforeSubmit:  showRequest,  // pre-submit callback 
        clearForm: true,        // clear all form fields after successful submit 
        resetForm: true,        // reset the form after successful submit 
        success: function() { 
			$('#loadBar').fadeOut("slow");
			$('#emailSuccess').fadeIn("slow");
        } 
    }); 
   }
}); 
 
// pre-submit callback 
function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) { 
$('#emailSuccess').fadeOut("slow");
var posName = document.getElementById('posName');
var posEmail = document.getElementById('posEmail');
var posRegard = document.getElementById('posRegard');
var posText = document.getElementById('posText');
var posSecurity = document.getElementById('posSecurity');
var whiteSpace = /^[\s]+$/;

	if ( posName.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posName.value) ) {
		$("input#posName").addClass("textERR");
		$("input#posName").focus();
	    return false; 
	}else{
		$("input#posName").removeClass("textERR");
	}
		
	if ( posEmail.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posEmail.value) ) {
		$("input#posEmail").addClass("textERR");
		$("input#posEmail").focus();
	    return false; 
	}else{
		$("input#posEmail").removeClass("textERR");
	}
	
	if ( posText.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posText.value) ) {
		$("#posText").addClass("textERR");
		$("#posText").focus();
	    return false; 
	}else{
		$("#posText").removeClass("textERR");
	}
	
	if ( posSecurity.value == '' || whiteSpace.test(posSecurity.value) ) {
		$("input#posSecurity").addClass("textERR");
		$("input#posSecurity").focus();
	    return false; 
	}else {
		$("input#posSecurity").removeClass("textERR");
		$('#loadBar').fadeIn("slow");
		return true; 
	}
} 
 
// post-submit callback 
function showResponse(responseText, statusText)  { 
	alert('status: ' + statusText + '\n\nresponseText: \n' + responseText + 
		'\n\nThe output div should have already been updated with the responseText.'); 
}