$(document).ready(function() {
	
  $('.error').hide();
  $('input#submit_btn').hide();
  $('input.text-input').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('input.text-input').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#c5c5c5"});
  });
  $('input.text-input').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#CCC"});
  });

  $('input#submit_btn').click(function() {
				// validate and process form
				// first hide any error messages
				$('.error').hide();
				
				var email = $("input#emailtext").val();
				if (email == "") {
		      $("label#email_error").show();
		      $("input#emailtext").focus();
		      return false;
		    }
		    	postToURL(email)
				/*var parameters = 'email=' + email ;
				var webMethod="http://www.redwindsoftware.com/Inquisitor/postEmail.ashx?"+ parameters;
				var dataString = 'email=' + email ;
				jQuery.ajax(
		    			{
		    				
                
                type: "POST",
		      			url: "../bin/process.asp",
		      			data: dataString,
		      			success: function() {
		      				$('.error').hide();
  								$('input#submit_btn').hide();
		      				$("#validEmail").css({
											"background-image": "none"
									});				
									$("input#emailtext").val("");
									alert("Email registered");
		      			}		
		      			//
		      			
					
                
                
        			}
        ); */
		     
		    $('input#submit_btn').hide();
		    $("input#emailtext").val("");
    		return false;
	});
	
	<!-- while we write we validate the email address-->
	$("#emailtext").keyup(function(){
		
			var email = $("#emailtext").val();
		
			if(email != 0)
			{
				if(isValidEmailAddress(email))
				{
					$('input#submit_btn').show();
					$("#validEmail").css({
						"background-image": "url('../img/validYes.png')"
					});
				} else {
					$('input#submit_btn').hide();
					$("#validEmail").css({
						"background-image": "url('../img/validNo.png')"
					});
				}
			} else {
				$('input#submit_btn').hide();
				$("#validEmail").css({
					"background-image": "none"
				});			
			}
		
		});
	
});

function postToURL(emailAddress)
		{
			var xmlhttp;
			if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
			  {
			  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
			  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
			  }
			else if (window.ActiveXObject)
			  {
			  // code for IE6, IE5
			  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			  }

			xmlhttp.open("POST","http://www.redwindsoftware.com/Inquisitor/postEmail.ashx?email="+emailAddress,true);
			xmlhttp.send(null);
		}
		
<!-- The method that checks the email mask -->
	function isValidEmailAddress(emailAddress) {
 		var pattern = new RegExp(/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1[0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i);
 		return pattern.test(emailAddress);
	}