function init_contact() {
	
	// console.log('in init_contact();');
	
	
	$("#contact-submit").click(function() {
		// console.log('in #contact-submit.click');
		var dosub = true;
		
		if($("#contact-your_name").val() == 'Your name' || $('#contact-your_name').val() == 'Please enter your name' || $.trim($("#contact-your_name").val()) == '') {
			$("#contact-your_name").css('background-color', '#ffbcbc');
			$("#contact-your_name").val('Please enter your name');
			dosub = false;
		}
		if($("#contact-your_email").val() == 'Your email' || $('#contact-your_name').val() == 'Please enter your email' || $.trim($("#contact-your_email").val()) == '' || !checkEmail($.trim($("#contact-your_email").val()))) {
			$("#contact-your_email").css('background-color', '#ffbcbc');
			$("#contact-your_email").val('Please enter your email');
			dosub = false;
		}
		if($("#contact-message").val() == 'Leave a message...' || $('#contact-your_name').val() == 'Please enter a message' || $.trim($("#contact-message").val()) == '') {
			$("#contact-message").css('background-color', '#ffbcbc');
			$("#contact-message").val('Please enter a message');
			dosub = false;
		}
		
		
		
		
		
		if(dosub) {
			$('form#contact').slideUp(500);
			$('#contactSubmitting').fadeIn(1000);
		
			var url = 'e_contact.php?';
			url += 'contact-reason=' + $("#contact-reason option:selected").text() + '&';
			url += 'contact-your_name=' + $("#contact-your_name").val() + '&';
			url += 'contact-your_email=' + $("#contact-your_email").val() + '&';
			url += 'contact-message=' + $("#contact-message").val();
		
			url = encodeURI(url.replace(/\n/gi,'%0A'));
		
			// console.log('url = ', url);
		
		
		
			$.ajax({
				type: "GET",
				url: url,
				//success: function(){ $("#contactThanks").css('display', 'block') },
				success: function(){
					// $('form#contact').slideUp(500);
					$('#contactSubmitting').slideUp(500);
					$('#contactThanks').fadeIn(1000);
				},
				//error: function(){ $("#contactFailure").css('display', 'block') }
				error: function(){
					$('form#contact').slideUp(500);
					$('#contactFailure').fadeIn(1000);	
				}
			});
			
			
			
		};
		
		
		
		return false;
	});
	
	$('#contact-your_name').focus(function(){
		if($('#contact-your_name').val() == 'Your name' || $('#contact-your_name').val() == 'Please enter your name') {
			$('#contact-your_name').val('');
		};
		$('#contact-your_name').css('background-color', '#ffffff');
	});
	$('#contact-your_email').focus(function(){
		if($('#contact-your_email').val() == 'Your email' || $('#contact-your_email').val() == 'Please enter your email') {
			$('#contact-your_email').val('');
		};
		$('#contact-your_email').css('background-color', '#ffffff');
	});
	$('#contact-message').focus(function(){
		if($('#contact-message').val() == 'Leave a message...' || $('#contact-message').val() == 'Please enter a message') {
			$('#contact-message').val('');
		};
		$('#contact-message').css('background-color', '#ffffff');
	});
	
	$("#directionsSubmit").click(function() {
		if($("#getDirections").val() == "Starting address (optional)") {
			$("#getDirections").val("");
		}
		return true;
		
	});
	
	
	function checkEmail(value) {
		// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/email_address_validation/
		return /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(value);
	};
	
	
};