I am using JQuery form and trying to validate that a state was selected.
Here is my form code:
<!-- contact-form START here --><div id="feedback"> <p class="error wrong_firstName"> Please fill in your first name</p> <p class="error wrong_lastName"> Please fill in your last name</p> <p class="error wrong_address"> Please fill in your address</p> <p class="error wrong_city"> Please fill in your city</p> <p class="error wrong_state"> Please select in your state</p> <p class="error wrong_zip"> Please fill in your zip</p> <p class="error wrong_email"> Please fill in your email</p>
<p>Send me info about the following American Art Marketing festivals:</p> <fieldset title="showSelect" id="showSelect"> <input name="berkshires" type="checkbox" id="berkshires" value="Berkshires Arts Festival send info" /><label for="Berkshires"><b>The Berkshires Arts Festival</b>, Great Barrington, MA ♦ July 2-4, 2010</label><br />
<input name="acs_ny" type="checkbox" id="acs_ny" value="Send me info for the American Craft Show NY" /><label for="acs_ny"><b>American Craft Show NYC</b>, NY ♦ November 19-21, 2010 </label><br />
<input name="acs_fl" type="checkbox" id="acs_fl" value="Send me info for theAmerican Craft Show Sarasota" /><label for="Sarasota"><b>American Craft Show Sarasota</b>, Sarasota, FL ♦ December 3-5, 2010</label></fieldset><br /> <br /><br />
<label for="message">Have questions or comments? Let us know...</label><br /><textarea name="message" rows="8" cols="44" id="message"></textarea><br /> </p> <p id="submit"> <input type="submit" value="Send" name="submitButton" class="button small" /> </p> </form> <p id="success">Your message was sent succesfully!<br />Our mailing list is used as a service to our clients and is not available to anyone for any other use.</p> <!-- contact-form END here -->
Here is my Javascript
var options = { beforeSubmit: validate, // pre-submit callback success: showResponse, // post-submit callback resetForm: true // reset the form after successful submit };
function validate(formData, jqForm, options) { $("p.error").slideUp({ opacity: "hide" }, "fast");
var firstNameValue = $('input[name=firstName]').fieldValue(); var lastNameValue = $('input[name=lastName]').fieldValue(); var addressValue = $('input[name=address]').fieldValue(); var cityValue = $('input[name=city]').fieldValue();
var stateSelected = $('state').fieldValue();
var zipValue = $('input[name=zip]').fieldValue(); var emailValue = $('input[name=email]').fieldValue();
var emailReg = /^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/; var correct = true;