function validateForm(thisform)
{
		var message="";

		var namere = /^[a-zA-z]+[ a-zA-z]*$/;
		var phonere = /^(1{0,1})([0-9]{3})([0-9]{3})([0-9]{4})$/;  // /^\([0-9]{3}\)[ ]{0,1}[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$/;
		var emailre = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._%-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/; //regular expression

//		var names = document.contact.Name.value;
		var names = thisform.Name.value;
		
		var nameerror = "Please provide a valid name\n";
		if (names=='') 
		{
			message += nameerror;
		}

//		var emails = document.contact.Email.value;//string
		var emails = thisform.Email.value;//string
		
		var emailerror = "Please provide a valid email address\n";//error message
		if(!emails.match(emailre))
		{
			message += emailerror;
		}

		if (message.length > 0) 
		{
		   alert(message);
		   return false;
		}
		else 
		{
//		   document.contact.submit();
		   thisform.submit();
		}
}
