$(document).ready(function() {
						   
						   	// add * to required field labels
   $('label.required').append('&nbsp;<font color="#990000"><b>*</b></font>&nbsp;');
   $("#contactForm").validate({
								   
        rules: 
		{
			  txtName: 
			 {
					required: true, 
					minlength: 3
			 }, 
			 captcha: 
			 {
					required: true, 
					minlength: 5
			 }, 
			 txtZip: 
			 {
					required: false, 
					minlength: 5
			 }, 
			 txtPhone: 
			 {
					required: false, 
					minlength: 10
			 }, 
			 optContact: 
			 {
					required: true, 
			 }, 
			 cboHear: 
			 {
					required: true, 
			 }, 
			 txtEmail: 
			 { // compound rule
					required: true,
					email: true
			  },
			mtxComments: 
			{
					required: true, 
					minlength: 10
			}
        },
        messages: 
		{
			txtName: "Please enter your name ", 
			txtZip: "Zip code must be 5 numbers long ", 
			txtPhone: "Phone Number does not contain enough numbers", 
			captcha: "The security code you entered was invalid. <br />", 
			optContact: "Please tell us why you are contacting us <br />", 
			cboHear: "&nbsp;&nbsp;This field is required", 
		  	txtEmail: "Please enter a valid email address. ", 
          	mtxComments: "<br />Your comment / message must be at least 10 characters long. "
        }
      });
    });