[jQuery] validate on ajaxform

[jQuery] validate on ajaxform


let me first say i'm more of a designer then a programmer but i've
whipped up some jquery to submit a form via ajaxform but i need to
validate can anyone help me out? I'm just looking to do bare bones
validate (make border red on error input field) heres my code
jquery
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    $(document).ready(function(){
    $("#extra").css("display","none");
    $("#checkme").click(function(){
        if ($("#checkme").is(":checked"))
            {
                $("#extra").slideDown("slow");
            }else{
                $("#extra").slideUp("slow");
            }
    });
    $("#subscribeme").click(function () {
        $("#sform").slideDown("slow");
    });
    $("#close").click(function () {
        $("#sform").slideUp("slow");
    });
    $('#subscribeform').ajaxForm(function() {
        $(this).validate();
         function runIt() {
                $("#cover").fadeIn("fast");
                $("#sform").fadeOut(10000);
         }
         runIt();
    });
    $("#cover").click(function () {
        $("#sform").slideUp("slow");
    });
    });
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end jquery
html
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<div id="sform">
        <div id="cover">Thank you! You are now subscribed to the
Education Newsletter.</div>
        <form method="post" name="subscribeform"
id="subscribeform" action="process.php">
             <table style="width: 100%">
                            <tr>
                                <td width="250"><strong>Email:</strong> <input type="text"
id="email" name="email" value="" class="{required:true}"></td>
                                <td><strong>Subscribe SMS?</strong> <input type="checkbox"
id="checkme"></td>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                                <td><input type="image" src="images/btn_subscribe.gif"
value="submit"></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td width="250"><div id="extra"><strong>SMS Number:</strong>
<input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" value=""
class="{phone:true}"></div></td>
                                <td></td>
                                <td></td>
                                <td></td>
                            </tr>
                        </table>
         </form>
         <div id="close"><a href="javascript:;">Close</a></div>
    </div>
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end html
css
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#sform {
    display:none;
    text-align:right;
    padding:10px;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    border-left:1px #007cc6 dotted;
    border-right:1px #007cc6 dotted;
    border-bottom:1px #007cc6 dotted;
    background-image:url('images/subscribe_bg.jpg');
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    position:absolute;
    width:583px;
}
#cover {
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    position:absolute;
    left:0;
    top:0;
    display:none;
    line-height:100%;
    text-align:center;
    background-image:url('images/cover_bg.gif');
    background-repeat:repeat-x;
    font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial;
    font-size:18px;
    font-weight:bold;
    color:#FFFFFF;
    padding-top:35px;
    z-index:5;
}
#subscribeme {
    text-align:right;
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
}
#subscribe {
    border-bottom:1px #0e8cbb solid;
    height:15px;
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
}
#close a{
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#000000;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    z-index:10;
}
#close hover{
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#000000;
    color:#000000;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    z-index:10;
}
#email {
    width:150px;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    color:#007cc6;
    border:1px #005c93 solid;
}
#phone {
    width:150px;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    color:#007cc6;
    border:1px #005c93 solid;
}