$(function() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $('input.text-input').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('input.text-input').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFDDAA"});
  });
  $('input.text-input').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  });

  $(".button").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
	  var name = $("input#name").val();
		if (name == "") {
      $("label#name_error").show();
      $("input#name").focus();
      return false;
    }
		var email = $("input#email").val();
		if (email == "") {
      $("label#email_error").show();
      $("input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }
		var phone = $("input#phone").val();
		if (phone == "") {
      $("label#phone_error").show();
      $("input#phone").focus();
      return false;
    }
		var comments = $("textarea#comments").val();

		
		var dataString = 'name='+ name + '&email=' + email + '&phone=' + phone + '&comments=' + comments;
	//alert (dataString);return false;
		

	});
});