$(function() {  
      $('.error').hide();  
  $(".suggestion").click(function() { 
        // validate and process form here  
          
        $('.error').hide();  
        
           var message = $("textarea#limitedtextarea").val();  
           if (message == "") {  
			$("label#message_error").show();  
			$("textarea#limitedtextarea").focus();  
			return false;  
		   }  
			
	/*		var spam = $("input#spam").val();  
           if (spam != "blue") {  
			$("label#spam_error").show();  
			$("input#spam").focus();  
			return false;  
		   }  */
	

 
    // var dataString = '&message=' + message; 
	var dataString = '&message=' + message; 

 // var dataString = $("#contact_form form").serialize();
    //alert (dataString);return false;  
    $.ajax({  
      type: "POST",  
 //     url: "http://www.meantimeviola.com/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl",  
	  url: "prosuggestion.php", 
      data: dataString,  
      success: function() {  
        $('#suggestionform').html("<div id='message1'></div>");  //replaces contact_form with div      
  $('#message1').html("<h3><font style='color:#3e3e3e;'>Thank you for your comments,</font></h3>")  
      .append("<p>They will be considered by the committee.</p>")  
       .hide()  
       .fadeIn(1500, function() {  
         $('#message1').append("<img id='checkmark' src='images/check.png' />");  
       });  
     }  
   });  
   return false;  
     });  
   });