$().ready(function() {	
	var validator = $("#form1").validate({
		rules: {			
			contactName: { required: true},
			contactEmail: {
				required: true,
				email: true
			},
			contactText:{
				required:true, minlength:5, maxlength:2048 
				}			
		},
		messages: {
			contactName: { required: "Please enter your firstname "}, 
			contactEmail: {  required:"Please enter a valid email address "},
			contactText:{
				required:  "Please Write Something to ask",
				minlength: "Please write at least one or two sentences" ,  
		        maxlength: "Max characters is 2048..."  }
			
		},
		errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
			  var elementId = element.attr('id');
			  var errorMsg  = error.html();
			  var elementParent = element.parent().parent();
		$("#"+elementId+'Status').show();
        $("#"+elementId+'Status').html(error);	 
         elementParent.css("border","1px dotted #ff0000");	
		$("#"+elementId+'Status').show();
		},
		success: function(label) {			
			var elementId   = label.attr('for');	
			var parentId    = $("#"+elementId).parent().parent();	  
		      parentId.css("border","");
		  //   alert(elementId+' - '+elementContent);
		    $("#"+parentId+'Status').html('').hide();
		}
		
	});			

});