var emptyField=new RegExp("^\\s*$");
var emailField="^[^@]+@[^@.]+\\.[^@]*\\w\\w$";

// Main validation function
function form_validate(elem,type,req)
{
	var sMsg="";
	var tv=elem.value.strip();

	if((req)&&emptyField.test(tv))
	{
		sMsg=elem.title+" is a required field.";
	}
	else
	{
		switch(type)
		{
				case "email":
				if (!new RegExp(emailField).test(tv))
				{
					sMsg=elem.title+" does not contain a valid email.";
				}
				break;

		}
	}

	if(sMsg!="")
	{
		elem.focus();
		new Effect.Highlight(elem,{duration:5});
		$("spanStatus").hide().setStyle({backgroundColor:"#fcc",border:"2px solid #f00"}).update(sMsg);
		new Effect.Grow('spanStatus');
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}