function trim(val)
			{
				if(val==null)
					{
						return "";
					}
				var str = "" + val;
				var i,j;
				for(i=0; str.charAt(i)==' ' && i < str.length; i++);
				if(i==str.length)
					return "";
				for(j=str.length-1; str.charAt(j)==' ' && j >= 0; j--);
				return str.substring(i,j+1);	
			}
			
		function submitForm()
			{
				document.forms[0].company.value=trim(document.forms[0].company.value);
				document.forms[0].email.value=trim(document.forms[0].email.value);
				document.forms[0].last_name.value=trim(document.forms[0].last_name.value);
				document.forms[0].first_name.value=trim(document.forms[0].first_name.value);
				document.forms[0].phone.value = trim(document.forms[0].phone.value);
				var company  = document.forms[0].company.value;
				var email  = document.forms[0].email.value;
				var name  = document.forms[0].last_name.value;
				var fname = document.forms[0].first_name.value;
				var phone = document.forms[0].phone.value; 
				
				/* if(company == "")
					{
						/alert('Please enter an offer');
						/document.forms[0].company.focus();
						return false;
					}
				*/

				if(email == "")
					{
						alert('Please enter a valid email address');
						document.forms[0].email.focus();
						return false;
					}
				
				
				if(fname == "")
					{
						alert('First name cannot be empty');
						document.forms[0].first_name.focus();
						return false;
					}

				if(name=="")
					{
						alert('Last name cannot be empty');
						document.forms[0].last_name.focus();
						return false;
					}
				if(phone=="")
					{
						alert('Phone cannot be empty');
						document.forms[0].phone.focus();
						return false;
					}	
				return true;
			}