function validateform(addform){
		if (trim(addform.firstname.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your first name.");
			addform.firstname.focus();
			return false;
		}

		if (trim(addform.lastname.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your last name.");
			addform.lastname.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (trim(addform.phone.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your phone number.");
			addform.phone.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (trim(addform.address.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your address.");
			addform.address.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (trim(addform.city.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your city.");
			addform.city.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (trim(addform.province.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your province/state.");
			addform.province.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (trim(addform.postal.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter your postal/zip code.");
			addform.postal.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		var illegalChars = /\W/;
  		// allow only letters, numbers, and underscores
		if (illegalChars.test(trim(addform.password.value))) {
			alert ("Password may only contain letters, numbers, and underscores.");
			addform.password.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (trim(addform.username.value) == ""){
			alert ("Username cannot be empty.");
			addform.username.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (trim(addform.password.value) == ""){
			alert ("Password cannot be empty.");
			addform.password.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (trim (!validEmail (addform.username.value))){
			alert ("Please enter a valid email address.");
			addform.username.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (trim(addform.password.value.length) < 5){
			alert ("Password must be longer than 5 characters in length.");
			addform.password.focus();
			return false;
		}
											
		return true;
	}
	
	function makethesame (thecheck){
		if (thecheck.checked){
			document.getElementById("sfirstname").value = document.getElementById("firstname").value;
			document.getElementById("slastname").value = document.getElementById("lastname").value;
			document.getElementById("stheaddress").value = document.getElementById("theaddress").value;
			document.getElementById("scity").value = document.getElementById("city").value;
			document.getElementById("sprovince").value = document.getElementById("province").value;
			document.getElementById("scountry").value = document.getElementById("country").value;
			document.getElementById("spostal").value = document.getElementById("postal").value;
			document.getElementById("sphone").value = document.getElementById("phone").value;
			document.getElementById("sfax").value = document.getElementById("fax").value;
			document.getElementById("scellular").value = document.getElementById("cellular").value;
		} else {
			document.getElementById("sfirstname").value = "";
			document.getElementById("slastname").value = "";
			document.getElementById("saddress").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scity").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sprovince").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scountry").value = "";
			document.getElementById("spostal").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sphone").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sfax").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scellular").value = "";
		}
	}
	
	function makesame (thecheck){
		if (thecheck.checked){
			document.getElementById("sfirstname").value = document.getElementById("firstname").value;
			document.getElementById("slastname").value = document.getElementById("lastname").value;
			document.getElementById("scompany").value = document.getElementById("company").value;
			document.getElementById("saddress").value = document.getElementById("address").value;
			document.getElementById("scity").value = document.getElementById("city").value;
			document.getElementById("sprovince").value = document.getElementById("province").value;
			document.getElementById("scountry").value = document.getElementById("country").value;
			document.getElementById("spostal").value = document.getElementById("postal").value;
			document.getElementById("sphone").value = document.getElementById("phone").value;
			document.getElementById("sfax").value = document.getElementById("fax").value;
			document.getElementById("scellular").value = document.getElementById("cellular").value;
		} else {
			document.getElementById("sfirstname").value = "";
			document.getElementById("slastname").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scompany").value = "";
			document.getElementById("saddress").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scity").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sprovince").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scountry").value = "";
			document.getElementById("spostal").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sphone").value = "";
			document.getElementById("sfax").value = "";
			document.getElementById("scellular").value = "";
		}
	}

	function trim(inputString) {
		   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
		   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
		   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
		   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
		   var retValue = inputString;
		   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
		   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
		      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
		   }
		   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
		   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
		      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
		   }
		   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
		   }
		   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
	} // Ends the "trim" function
	
	//Function to validate email addresses
	function validEmail(email){
		invalidChars = " /:,;";
		
		if (email == ""){
			return false;
		}
		
		for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++){
			badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i);
			if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1){
				return false;
			}
		}
		atPos = email.indexOf("@",1);
		if (atPos == -1){
			return false;
		}
		if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) > -1){
			return false;
		}
		periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos);
		if (periodPos+3 > email.length){
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}