function validate(form) {

 var name = document.form.name.value;
 var email_id = document.form.email_id.value;
 var contact_no = document.form.contact_no.value;
 //var street_address = document.form.street_address.value;
// var state = document.form.state.value;
 //var business_name =document.form.business_name.value;
 var detail = document.form.detail.value;
// var country=document.form.country.value;
 var service =document.form.service.value;	
 //var start_date = document.form.start_date.value;
 //var min_budget =document.form.min_budget.value;
 var max_budget=document.form.max_budget.value;
 var currency = document.form.currency.value;
 var txtnumber =document.form.txtnumber.value;
 //var random_hidden =document.form.random_hidden.value;
 var rand =document.form.rand.value;
 
 var nameRegex = /^[a-zA-Z]+(([\'\,\.\- ][a-zA-Z ])?[a-zA-Z]*)*$/  ;
 var emailRegex = /^[\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$/;
 var messageRegex = new RegExp(/<\/?\w+((\s+\w+(\s*=\s*(?:".*?"|'.*?'|[^'">\s]+))?)+\s*|\s*)\/?>/gim);
 
 if(name == "")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('name','<strong>Error !!You must enter your name.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
 if(!name.match(nameRegex))
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('name','<strong>Error !!Invalid name.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
 
 if(email_id =="")
 {
	 inlineMsg('email_id','<strong>Error !!You must enter your Email-ID</strong>',2);
	 return false;
 }
  if(!email_id.match(emailRegex)) 
  {
    inlineMsg('email_id','<strong>Error !!You have entered an invalid email.</strong>',2);
    return false;
  }
  if(contact_no=="")
  {
	  inlineMsg('contact_no','<strong>Error!!You must enter the contact number</strong>',2);
	  return false;
  }
  if(isNaN(contact_no))
  {
	   inlineMsg('contact_no','<strong>Error!!Invalid Number</strong>',2);
	   return false;
  }
  //if(street_address == "")
 //{
   //  alert('1');
//	inlineMsg('street_address','<strong>Error !!You must enter street_address.</strong>',2); 
//	 return false;
 // }
 //if(state == "")
 //{
   //  alert('1');
///	inlineMsg('state','<strong>Error !!You must enter state.</strong>',2); 
// return false;
// }
// if(!state.match(nameRegex))
 //{
   //  alert('1');
	//inlineMsg('state','<strong>Error !!Invalid state.</strong>',2); 
//	 return false;
 // }
  //  if(business_name == "")
 //{
   //  alert('1');
	//inlineMsg('business_name','<strong>Error !!You must enter the nature of business.</strong>',2); 
	// return false;
 // }
   if(service == "Select")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('service','<strong>Error !!Please select type of service.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
  if(detail == "")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('detail','<strong>Error !!You must enter description of project.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
 //  if(start_date == "Select")
// {
   //  alert('1');
//	inlineMsg('start_date','<strong>Error !!Please select the start date.</strong>',2); 
//	 return false;
//  }
  // if(min_budget == "Select")
// {
    // alert(min_budget);
//	inlineMsg('min_budget','<strong>Error !!Please select the minimum budget range.</strong>',2); 
//	 return false;
 // }
   if(max_budget == "")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('max_budget','<strong>Error !!Please select the maximum budget range.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
  if(isNaN(max_budget))
  {
	   inlineMsg('max_budget','<strong>Error!!Invalid Number</strong>',2);
	   return false;
  }
   if(currency == "Select")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('currency','<strong>Error !!Please select the currency.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
  //  if(min_budget == max_budget || min_budget > max_budget)
// {
   //  alert('1');
//	inlineMsg('max_budget','<strong>Error !!Please select the valid Budget range.</strong>',2); 
//	 return false;
 // }
 if(txtnumber == "")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('txtnumber','<strong>Error !!Please enter the verfication code.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
   if(txtnumber =="")
 {
   //  alert('1');
	inlineMsg('txtnumber','<strong>Error !!Please enter the  verfication code.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
  }
 // alert(rand);
 //alert(random_hidden);
  if(rand !=txtnumber)
 {
     //alert('1');
	inlineMsg('txtnumber','<strong>Error !!Please enter the correct verfication code.</strong>',2); 
	 return false;
	 
  }
  return true;
}


/////////////Start login form validation///

 



// START OF MESSAGE SCRIPT //

var MSGTIMER = 20;
var MSGSPEED = 5;
var MSGOFFSET = 3;
var MSGHIDE = 3;

// build out the divs, set attributes and call the fade function //
function inlineMsg(target,string,autohide) {
  var msg;
  var msgcontent;
  if(!document.getElementById('msg')) {
    msg = document.createElement('div');
    msg.id = 'msg';
    msgcontent = document.createElement('div');
    msgcontent.id = 'msgcontent';
    document.body.appendChild(msg);
    msg.appendChild(msgcontent);
    msg.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=0)';
    msg.style.opacity = 0;
    msg.alpha = 0;
  } else {
    msg = document.getElementById('msg');
    msgcontent = document.getElementById('msgcontent');
  }
  msgcontent.innerHTML = string;
  msg.style.display = 'block';
  var msgheight = msg.offsetHeight;
  var targetdiv = document.getElementById(target);
  targetdiv.focus();
  var targetheight = targetdiv.offsetHeight;
  var targetwidth = targetdiv.offsetWidth;
  var topposition = topPosition(targetdiv) - ((msgheight - targetheight) / 2);
  var leftposition = leftPosition(targetdiv) + targetwidth + MSGOFFSET;
  msg.style.top = topposition + 'px';
  msg.style.left = leftposition + 'px';
  clearInterval(msg.timer);
  msg.timer = setInterval("fadeMsg(1)", MSGTIMER);
  if(!autohide) {
    autohide = MSGHIDE;  
  }
  window.setTimeout("hideMsg()", (autohide * 1000));
}

// hide the form alert //
function hideMsg(msg) {
  var msg = document.getElementById('msg');
  if(!msg.timer) {
    msg.timer = setInterval("fadeMsg(0)", MSGTIMER);
  }
}

// face the message box //
function fadeMsg(flag) {
  if(flag == null) {
    flag = 1;
  }
  var msg = document.getElementById('msg');
  var value;
  if(flag == 1) {
    value = msg.alpha + MSGSPEED;
  } else {
    value = msg.alpha - MSGSPEED;
  }
  msg.alpha = value;
  msg.style.opacity = (value / 100);
  msg.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value + ')';
  if(value >= 99) {
    clearInterval(msg.timer);
    msg.timer = null;
  } else if(value <= 1) {
    msg.style.display = "none";
    clearInterval(msg.timer);
  }
}

// calculate the position of the element in relation to the left of the browser //
function leftPosition(target) {
  var left = 0;
  if(target.offsetParent) {
    while(1) {
      left += target.offsetLeft;
      if(!target.offsetParent) {
        break;
      }
      target = target.offsetParent;
    }
  } else if(target.x) {
    left += target.x;
  }
  return left;
}

// calculate the position of the element in relation to the top of the browser window //
function topPosition(target) {
  var top = 0;
  if(target.offsetParent) {
    while(1) {
      top += target.offsetTop;
      if(!target.offsetParent) {
        break;
      }
      target = target.offsetParent;
    }
  } else if(target.y) {
    top += target.y;
  }
  return top;
}

// preload the arrow //
if(document.images) {
  arrow = new Image(7,80); 
  arrow.src = "images/msg_arrow.gif"; 
}