Form Validation

form validation

  $(document).ready(function(){
    var validation = $("#myForm").validate(
     {
       rules: {
         name: { required: true, minlength: 2 },
         email: { required: true, email: true },
         url: { required: true, url: true },
         favnum: { required: true, number: true },
         favnum10: { required: true, number: true, min: 1, max: 10},
         color: {required: true},
         season: {required: true, minlength: 2},
         yourdate: { required: true, date: true }
       },
       messages: {
              season: { minlength: jQuery.validator.format("Pick a minimum of {0} choices") }
       },
       errorPlacement: function(error,element) {
           if ( element.is("[name=color]") )
              error.appendTo( $('p#color') );
           else if ( element.is("[name=season]") )
              error.appendTo( $('p#season') );
           else if ( element.is("[name=comments]") )
              error.insertAfter( $('label[for=comments]') );
           else
              error.insertAfter(element);
       }
     });
  });