I am currently utilizing the jQuery validation plug-in in conjunction with the jQuery Form Plugin to submit forms through AJAX. Everything functions flawlessly in Firefox and Chrome, however, as expected, Internet Explorer presents some challenges. For some inexplicable reason, IE is disregarding the ajaxSubmit function, resulting in the form being submitted in the traditional manner.
When constructing my code, I made sure to follow the documentation provided by the validation plug-in:
JavaScript:
<script src="/js/jquery.validate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery.form.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var validator = $("#form_notify").validate({
messages: {
email: {
required: 'Please insert your email address. Without your email address we will not be able to contact you!',
email:'Please enter a <b>valid</b> email address. Without a valid email address we will not be able to contact you!'
}
},
errorLabelContainer: "#error",
success: "valid",
submitHandler: function(form) {$(form).ajaxSubmit();}
});
$('#email').blur(function() {
if (validator.numberOfInvalids() > 0) {
$("#label").addClass("label_error");
return false;
}
else {$("#label").removeClass("label_error");}
});
$('#form_notify').submit(function() {
if (validator.numberOfInvalids() == 0) {
$(this).fadeOut('fast', function() {$('#thank-you').fadeIn();});
return true;
}
return false;
});
});
</script>
Form HTML:
<form id="form_notify" class="cmxform" name="form_notify" action="optin.pl" method="get">
<fieldset>
<div class="input">
<label id="label" for="email">Email Address:</label>
<input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="" title="email address" class="{required:true, email:true}"/>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="key" value="sub-745-9.224;1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0;;subscribe-224.htm">
<input type="hidden" name="followup" value="19">
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit-button" value="Notify Me">
<div id="error"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
I am perplexed by IE's divergent behavior, any insights or assistance would be immensely helpful.
If more details are required, do let me know.
Many thanks!