function trim_all(strObjName){ 
	//this function removes the spaces from the variables
        var strObj = strObjName;
        var strRet = "";
        for (i = 0;i < strObj.length;i++)
        {
                if(strObj.charAt(i) != " " && strObj.charAt(i) != "")
                        strRet = strRet+strObj.charAt(i);
        }
        return strRet;
}


function checkme(){
	var name = document.dworld.name;
	var email = document.dworld.email;
	var reTESTfirstchar = /^[a-zA-Z]*$/;
	var reEmail         = /^[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\@[0-9a-zA-Z_\-]+\.[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]*$/;
	
	if(trim_all(name.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='block';
		name.focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='none';
		
	}
	
	
	if(trim_all(email.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('emailalert').style.display='block';
		email.focus();
		return false;
	}else if(!reTESTfirstchar.test(email.value.charAt(0))){
		document.getElementById('emailalert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('email1alert').style.display='block';
		email.focus();
		return false;
	}else if(!reEmail.test(email.value)){
		document.getElementById('emailalert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('email1alert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('email2alert').style.display='block';
		email.focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('emailalert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('email1alert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('email2alert').style.display='none';
	}
	
	document.dworld.updte.value = 1;
	return true;
}



function checkme2(){

	var cnt = 0;
    for ( var i=0;i<document.polls.optionID.length; i++) {
       	if (document.polls.optionID[i].checked){
			cnt = 1;
		}
    }
    if (cnt ==1) 	{
	document.getElementById('alert_polls').style.display='none';
	}else{
	document.getElementById('alert_polls').style.display='block';	
	return false;
	}

	document.polls.updte.value = 1;
	return true;
}