jQuery(function($){ $('#forgot_password_email_address').parents('form').validate({ rules: {"forgot_password[email_address]":{"required":true}}, messages: {"forgot_password[email_address]":{"required":"Please enter a value for this field."}}, wrapper: 'ul', errorElement: 'li', errorPlacement: function(error, element) { error.addClass('error_list'); if(element.parents('.radio_list').is('*') || element.parents('.checkbox_list').is('*')) { error.prependTo( element.parent().parent().parent() ); } else { error.prependTo( element.parent() ); } } }); }); /* for some reason the jQuery Validate plugin does not incluce a generic regex method */ jQuery.validator.addMethod( "regex", function(value, element, regexp) { if (regexp.constructor != RegExp) regexp = new RegExp(regexp); else if (regexp.global) regexp.lastIndex = 0; return this.optional(element) || regexp.test(value); }, "Invalid." );