jQuery form validation question

jQuery form validation question

I've been following this tutorial  (and it works great) > http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/tutorials/add-client-side-form-validation-with-jquery/

Just cannot figure out how to make one of the Text Fields a Text Area with cols="45" rows="5".
Every combination I've tried turns off the validation.

I've already added completely different text fields from what are shown in the tutorial so I know how to change up the javascript I just can't get the Text Area right.

Thanks in advance.