mailhandler script and validation
hello all and happy new year
I would like to ask for your help please as I cannot figure out how to make the form work....
I am using a JS Animated form with jquery validation that once submitted, it gets redirected to a mailhandler.asp file
the form valuates and submits without a problem but when I add an element file-upload, then the form is not submitting anymore unless the upload file element is completed (user to select a file to upload).
can you please help me out how to make this field optional? i.e. remove the validation for the file-upload element?
thanking you in advance
my form is this:
HTML Code:
<form id="form2" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<div class="success"><div class="success_txt">Contact form submitted!<br /><strong> We will be in touch soon.</strong></div></div>
<fieldset>
<label class="name rel">
<span class="inp">
<input type="text" value="Name:">
</span>
<span class="error">*Not a valid name.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<label>
<span class="inp">
<input type="file" name="FILE1" value="no_upload">
</span>
</label>
<label class="verification rel">
<span class="inp">
<input type="text" value="What is the answer? 1 + 1 =" maxlength="1">
</span>
<span class="error">*Not a valid answer.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<label class="message rel">
<span class="text_a">
<textarea>Message:</textarea>
</span>
<span class="error">*The message is too short.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<div class="buttons"><a class="link3" href="#" data-type="reset">clear</a> <a class="link3" href="#" data-type="submit">send</a></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
the form.js file is this one:
Code:
//forms
;(function($){
$.fn.forms=function(o){
return this.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
,_=th.data('forms')||{
errorCl:'error',
emptyCl:'empty',
invalidCl:'invalid',
notRequiredCl:'notRequired',
successCl:'success',
successShow:'4000',
mailHandlerURL:'includes/MailHandlertestim.asp',
stripHTML:true,
targets:'input,textarea',
controls:'a[data-type=reset],a[data-type=submit]',
validate:true,
rx:{
".name":{rx:/^[a-zA-Z'][a-zA-Z-' ]+[a-zA-Z']?$/,target:'input'},
".verification":{rx:/2/,target:'input'},
".message":{rx:/.{20}/,target:'textarea'}
},
preFu:function(){
_.labels.each(function(){
var label=$(this),
inp=$(_.targets,this),
defVal=inp.val(),
trueVal=(function(){
var tmp=inp.is('input')?(tmp=label.html().match(/value=['"](.+?)['"].+/),!!tmp&&!!tmp[1]&&tmp[1]):inp.html()
return defVal==''?defVal:tmp
})()
trueVal!=defVal
&&inp.val(defVal=trueVal||defVal)
label.data({defVal:defVal})
inp
.bind('focus',function(){
inp.val()==defVal
&&(inp.val(''),_.hideEmptyFu(label),label.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
})
.bind('blur',function(){
_.validateFu(label)
if(_.isEmpty(label))
inp.val(defVal)
,_.hideErrorFu(label.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
})
.bind('keyup',function(){
label.hasClass(_.invalidCl)
&&_.validateFu(label)
})
label.find('.'+_.errorCl+',.'+_.emptyCl).css({display:'block'}).hide()
})
_.success=$('.'+_.successCl,_.form).hide()
},
isRequired:function(el){
return !el.hasClass(_.notRequiredCl)
},
isValid:function(el){
var ret=true
$.each(_.rx,function(k,d){
if(el.is(k))
ret=d.rx.test(el.find(d.target).val())
})
return ret
},
isEmpty:function(el){
var tmp
return (tmp=el.find(_.targets).val())==''||tmp==el.data('defVal')
},
validateFu:function(el){
el.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
,req=_.isRequired(th)
,empty=_.isEmpty(th)
,valid=_.isValid(th)
if(empty&&req)
_.showEmptyFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))
else
_.hideEmptyFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
if(!empty)
if(valid)
_.hideErrorFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
else
_.showErrorFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))
})
},
getValFromLabel:function(label){
var val=$('input,textarea',label).val()
,defVal=label.data('defVal')
return label.length?val==defVal?'nope':val:'nope'
}
,submitFu:function(){
_.validateFu(_.labels)
if(!_.form.has('.'+_.invalidCl).length)
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url:_.mailHandlerURL,
data:{
name:_.getValFromLabel($('.name',_.form)),
verification:_.getValFromLabel($('.verification',_.form)),
message:_.getValFromLabel($('.message',_.form)),
owner_email:_.ownerEmail,
stripHTML:_.stripHTML
},
success: function(){
_.showFu()
}
})
},
showFu:function(){
_.success.slideDown(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
_.success.slideUp()
_.form.trigger('reset')
},_.successShow)
})
},
controlsFu:function(){
$(_.controls,_.form).each(function(){
var th=$(this)
th
.bind('click',function(){
_.form.trigger(th.data('type'))
return false
})
})
},
showErrorFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideDown()
},
hideErrorFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideUp()
},
showEmptyFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideDown()
_.hideErrorFu(label)
},
hideEmptyFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideUp()
},
init:function(){
_.form=_.me
_.labels=$('label',_.form)
_.preFu()
_.controlsFu()
_.form
.bind('submit',function(){
if(_.validate)
_.submitFu()
else
_.form[0].submit()
return false
})
.bind('reset',function(){
_.labels.removeClass(_.invalidCl)
_.labels.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
_.hideErrorFu(th)
_.hideEmptyFu(th)
})
})
_.form.trigger('reset')
}
}
_.me||_.init(_.me=th.data({forms:_}))
typeof o=='object'
&&$.extend(_,o)
})
}
})(jQuery)
$(window).load(function(){
$('#form2').forms({
ownerEmail:'#'
})
})
