$(document).ready(function() {
 
	$('#commentform').validate();

});

/* Validation helper functions below
* Adds and subtracts classes as nesscary to override default working 
* of jquery validation
*/

function remove(element) {
  
  if(element == 'texta') {
	
	$("#comment_text").removeClass('error_txt');
  
  } else {
	    
		$("span#"+element).removeClass('er');
	  
	  }
}


function check(element) {				   
  
  if($("label.error").is(":visible")) {
	
	 if(element == 'texta') {
	  
	  $('#comment_text').addClass('error_txt');
	 
	 } else { 
	  
	  $('span#'+element).addClass('er');
	  $('span#'+element).html('Required');
	  
	 }
	 
  }					   
}