function showLoadingImage() {
 document.getElementById('submitbox1').style.display = 'none';
 document.getElementById('submitbox2').style.display = 'block';
 setTimeout('document.images["loading"].src = "images/loading.gif"', 1);
}

$.validator.setDefaults({
	submitHandler: function(form) { 
		$("#submitbox1").hide();
		$("#submitbox2").show();
		setTimeout('document.images["loading"].src = "images/loading.gif"', 1);
		form.submit();
	}
});

$().ready(function() {	
	// validate signup form on keyup and submit
	$("#contactForm").validate({
	event: "keyup",
		rules: {
			user_name: "required",
			user_phone: "required",
			user_email: {
				required: true,
				email: true
			},
			user_message: "required",
			captcha: "required"
		},
		messages: {
			user_name: "Please enter your name",
			user_phone: "Please enter your phone number",
			user_email: "Incorrect email address",
			user_message: "Please enter a message",
			captcha: "Please enter the confirmation code"
		}
	});

});