Can anybody try to take a look at the code please, i am new in jQuery. Thank you, guys.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Registration</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/dateplugin.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/stylez.css" />
<script type="text/jscript">
$(document).ready(function(){
//$.dateSelectBoxes('mon','da','yea');
//form validation
var hasError = false;
var emailReg = /^([w-.]+@([w-]+.)+[w-]{2,4})?$/;
var email = $("#em").val();
var fname=$("#fn").val();
var lname=$("#ln").val();
var school=$("#sch").val();
var classes=$("#clas").val();
var grade=$("#yr").val();
var month=$("#mon").val();
var days=$("#da").val();
var years=$("#yea").val();
var pass=$("#pas").val();
var zipcode=$("#zip").val();
$("#submitbutton").click(function(e){
if (fname==''){
$("#fn").after("Please enter your first name ");
hasError=true;
}
if (lname==''){
$("#ln").after("Please enter your last name");
hasError=true;
}
if(school==''){
$("#sch").after("Please enter the name of your institution");
hasError=true;
}
if (classes==''){
$("#clas").after("Please enter current classes you are taking");
hasError=true;
}
if (month=='' || day=='' || year==''){
$("#mon").after("Please enter your birthday");
hasError=true;
}
if (pass==''){
$("#pas").after("Please enter the password");
hasError=true;
}
if (zipcode==''){
$("#zip").after("Please enter your zipcode");
hasError=true;
}
if (grade==''){
$("#yr").after("Please enter the year you are in");
hasError=true;
}
if(email == '') {
$("#em").after("You forgot to enter the email address to send ");
hasError = true;
} else if(!emailReg.test(email)) {
$("#em").after("Enter a valid email address to send to.");
hasError = true;
}
if (hasError == true) {
e.preventDefault();
}
else {
//submit form via ajax
}
});
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
</style>
</head>
<body class="fancy">
<form action="" method="" accept-charset="utf-8">
<table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td id="column1">
</td>
<td id="column2">
<div class="Sintext">
<h1>
Sign Up</h1>
</div>
<div>
<label>
First Name</label>
<input type="text" name="fnam" class="fields" id="fn" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
Last Name</label>
<input type="text" name="lnam" class="fields" id="ln" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
School</label>
<input type="text" name="scname" class="fields" id="sch" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
Major</label>
<select id="majo" name="major">
<option value="5">—undeclared—</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<label>
Current Classes</label>
<input type="text" name="class" id="clas" class="fields" />
<span>
add class field</span>
</div>
<div>
<label>
Year</label>
<select id="yr" name="year">
<option value="">—Select the year —</option>
<option value="10">Freshman </option>
<option value="20">Sophomore</option>
<option value="30">junior</option>
<option value="40">senior</option>
<option value="50">Alumni </option>
<option value="60">HighSchool </option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<label>
Campus</label>
<input type="text" name="campus" class="fields" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
Email</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="em" class="fields" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
Password</label>
<input type="text" name="passwd" id="pas" class="fields" />
</div>
<div>
<label>
Sex</label>
<select name="sex" class="sexfield">
<option value="3">Male</option>
<option value="4">Female </option>
</select>
</div>
<div id="bdate">
<label>
Birthday</label>
<select id="mon" name="mont">
<option value="0">Month</option>
</select>
<select id="da" name="day">
<option value="1">Day</option>
</select>
<select id="yea" name="year">
<option value="2">Year</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<label>
Zipcode</label>
<input type="text" name="zipcod" id="zip" class="zipfield" />
</div>
<div>
<button id="submitbutton" class="sinbutton">
Sign Up</button>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Try making after insert an element, not just a string of text: