$(function() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $("#contact_btn").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
		var email = $("#contact input#email").val();
		var name = $("#contact input#name").val();
		var message = $("#contact textarea#message").val();
		if (email == "") {
      $("#contact input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }
		
		var dataString = 'email=' + email + '&name=' + name + '&message=' + message;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "/index.php/home/email/",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#contact').html("<div id='newsletter-success'></div>");
        $('#newsletter-success').html("<h3 style='color:#fff; margin-bottom:5px; margin-top:100px'>Your Message has been sent.</h3><br/><p>We will get back to you as soon as possible</p>&nbsp;")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(800, function() {
          $('#newsletter-success');
        });
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});