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 title = document.icepix.title;
	var pmBODY = document.icepix.message;
	var name = document.icepix.name;
	var email = document.icepix.semail;
	
	if(trim_all(title.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('talert').style.display='block';
		title .focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('talert').style.display='none';
	}
		
	if(trim_all(pmBODY.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('alert').style.display='block';
		pmBODY.focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('alert').style.display='none';
	}
	
	if(trim_all(name.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('nalert').style.display='block';
		name.focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('nalert').style.display='none';
	}
	
	var reTESTfirstchar = /^[a-zA-Z]*$/;
    var reEmail         = /^[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\@[0-9a-zA-Z_\-]+\.[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]*$/;
    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;
    }
    document.getElementById('emailalert').style.display='none';
    document.getElementById('email1alert').style.display='none';
    document.getElementById('email2alert').style.display='none';
		
	document.icepix.updte.value = 1;
	
	return true;
	
}