function checkform(form)
																{
																	error_message = ""
                                                                                                                                	checked = ""
                                                                                                                                	checkerror = "error"
																	if (form.elements.length == 4)
																		{b=1
																		}else
																		    {b=0
																			}
	
                                                                                                                                  for (a = b;a< form.elements.length;++a)
                                                                                                                                 
 																								{
 																								 with (form.elements[a])
                                                                                                                                				{
                                                                                                                                				     newvalue= value.replace(/\r/g, " ");
                                                                                                                                  				newvalue = newvalue.replace(/[^ A-Za-z0-9`~!@#\$%\^&\*\(\)-_=\+\\\|\]\[\}\{'";:\?\/\.>,<]/g, "");
                                                                                                                                					newvalue = newvalue.replace(/'/g, "");
                                                                                                                                					newvalue = newvalue.replace(/ +/g, " ");  
                                                                                                                                					newvalue =newvalue.replace(/^\s/g, "");
                                                                                                                                					newvalue = newvalue.replace(/\s$/g, "");	
                                                                                                                                					if (newvalue == ' '){newvalue = ''};
                                                                                                                                						form.elements[a].value = newvalue
                                                                                                                                				}
                                                                                                                                		}
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                	for (a = b;a< form.elements.length;++a)
                                                                                                                                		{
                                                                                                                                		
                                                                                                                                				if (form.elements[a].value =="")
                                                                                                                                				error_message += form.elements[a].name + " :-\n"
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                				
                                                                                                                                			// simple email validation //
                                                                                                                                			if (form.elements[a].name == "email")
                                                                                                                                				{
                                                                                                                                				 with (form.elements[a])
                                                                                                                                					{
                                                                                                                                						apos=value.indexOf("@");
                                                                                                                                						dotpos=value.lastIndexOf(".");
                                                                                                                                						lastpos=value.length-1;
                                                                                                                                						if (apos<1 || dotpos-apos<2 || lastpos-dotpos>4 || lastpos-dotpos<2) 
                                                                                                                                						 	{
                                                                                                                                						 		error_message += "{invalid email Address}" + " :-\n"
                                                                                                                                							}
                                                                                                                                						
                                                                                                                                					}
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                			// end simple email validation
                                                                                                                                		}
                                                                                                                                		}
                                                                                                                                				
                                                                                                                                	if (error_message != "")
                                                                                                                                		{
                                                                                                                                			alert("The field/s listed have not been completed\n\n" + error_message)
                                                                                                                                			return false	   
                                                                                                                                			}
                                                                                                                                			else
                                                                                                                                			{
                                                                                                                                				alert("Thank you for taking the time to fill out this form.\nPlease press the OK button to send.")
                                                                                                                                				 return true;
                                                                                                                                			}
																		}



																		function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  																			window.open(theURL,winName,features);
																			}

																		function externalLinks()
																			{ 
	 																			if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return; 
 																					var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); 
 																					for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) 
 																						{ 
   																							var anchor = anchors[i]; 
  																							if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && 
       																								anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") 
     																								anchor.target = "_blank"; 
																								}
																								}
																					window.onload = externalLinks;