$(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"});
  });

  $("#lost_info").submit(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
//Standard email address 
		var ck_email = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i 
	var email = $("input#email").val();
		if (!ck_email.test(email)) {
      $("label#email_error").show();
      $("input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }



		
	//	var dataString = 'email='+ email;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		//$.ajax({
    //  type: "POST",
    //  url: "pages/lost_info.php",
    //  data: dataString,
     // success: function() {
        //$('#container').html("<div id='message'></div>");
     //   $('#message').html("<h2>Contact Form Submitted!</h2>")
       // .append("<p>We will be in touch soon.</p>")
       // .hide()
       // .fadeIn(1500, function() {
       //   $('#message').append("<img id='checkmark' src='images/check.png' />");
      //  });
 //     }
  //   });
  //  return false;
	});
});