function validateAccountCreateForm()
{
  var passed = true;
  passed = emailCheck(document.getElementbyId("userName"));
  if(passed == false)
  {
    return passed;
  }
  //check for spaces in name
  if (document.getElementById("firstName").value.indexOf(" ") > -1)
  {
  	alert("Please remove all spaces from your first name");
  	return false
  }
  if (document.getElementById("lastName").value.indexOf(" ") > -1)
  {
  	alert("Please remove all spaces from your last name");
  	return false
  }
  passed = checkPassword(document.getElementbyId("password"),document.getElementbyId("password2"));
  return passed;
}


/*
 * Email Validation
 */
function emailCheck (emailStr) 
{

/* The following variable tells the rest of the function whether or not
to verify that the address ends in a two-letter country or well-known
TLD.  1 means check it, 0 means don't. */

var checkTLD=1;

/* The following is the list of known TLDs that an e-mail address must end with. */

var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;

/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
from the domain. */

var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;

/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ] */

var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";

/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed.*/

var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";

/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
is a legal e-mail address. */

var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";

/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */

var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;

/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of non-special characters.) */

var atom=validChars + '+';

/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */

var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";

// The following pattern describes the structure of the user

var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");

/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */

var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");

/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is valid. */

/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
different pieces that are easy to analyze. */

var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);

if (matchArray==null) {

/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */

alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];

// Start by checking that only basic ASCII characters are in the strings (0-127).

for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths username contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}

// See if "user" is valid 

if (user.match(userPat)==null) {

// user is not valid

alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
return false;
}

/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */

var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {

// this is an IP address

for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
if (IPArray[i]>255) {
alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
return false;
   }
}
return true;
}

// Domain is symbolic name.  Check if it's valid.
 
var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
return false;
   }
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
known top-level domain (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
the domain or country. */

if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
return false;
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.

if (len<2) {
alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
return false;
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}
<!--emailCheck(this.email.value)-->

/*
 * Psssword Validation
 */
function checkPassword(pw1, pw2) {
var invalid = " "; // Invalid character is a space
var minLength = 8; // Minimum length
// check for a value in both fields.
if (pw1 == '' || pw2 == '') {
alert('Please enter your password twice.');
return false;
}
// check for minimum length
if (pw1.value.length < minLength) {
alert('Your password must be at least ' + minLength + ' characters long. Try again.');
return false;
}
// check for spaces
if (pw1.value.indexOf(invalid) > -1) {
alert("Sorry, spaces are not allowed.");
return false;
}
else {
if (pw1 != pw2) {
alert ("You did not enter the same new password twice. Please re-enter your password.");
return false;
}
else {
//alert('Nice job.');
return true;
      }
   }
}




/***********************************************
* Image w/ description tooltip- By Dynamic Web Coding (www.dyn-web.com)
* Copyright 2002-2007 by Sharon Paine
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

/* IMPORTANT: Put script after tooltip div or 
	 put tooltip div just before </BODY>. */

var dom = (document.getElementById) ? true : false;
var ns5 = (!document.all && dom || window.opera) ? true: false;
var ie5 = ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>-1) && dom) ? true : false;
var ie4 = (document.all && !dom) ? true : false;
var nodyn = (!ns5 && !ie4 && !ie5 && !dom) ? true : false;

var origWidth, origHeight;

// avoid error of passing event object in older browsers
if (nodyn) { event = "nope" }

///////////////////////  CUSTOMIZE HERE   ////////////////////
// settings for tooltip 
// Do you want tip to move when mouse moves over link?
var tipFollowMouse= true;	
// Be sure to set tipWidth wide enough for widest image
var tipWidth= 288;
var offX= 20;	// how far from mouse to show tip
var offY= 12; 
var tipFontFamily= "Verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif";
var tipFontSize= "8pt";
// set default text color and background color for tooltip here
// individual tooltips can have their own (set in messages arrays)
// but don't have to
var tipFontColor= "#000000";
var tipBgColor= "#DDECFF"; 
var tipBorderColor= "#000080";
var tipBorderWidth= 3;
var tipBorderStyle= "ridge";
var tipPadding= 4;

// tooltip content goes here (image, description, optional bgColor, optional textcolor)
var messages = new Array();
// multi-dimensional arrays containing: 
// image and text for tooltip
// optional: bgColor and color to be sent to tooltip
messages[0] = new Array('images/landscape_corner_image.jpg','Landscape 8.5x11 Yearly Calendar Horizontal Corner Image',"#FFFFFF");
messages[1] = new Array('images/landscape_vertical_image.jpg','Landscape 8.5x11 Yearly Calendar Vertical Image',"#FFFFFF");
messages[2] = new Array('images/landscape_watermark_image.jpg','Landscape 8.5x11 Yearly Calendar Watermark Background Image',"#FFFFFF");
messages[3] = new Array('images/portrait_top_image.jpg','Portrait 8.5x11 Yearly Calendar Image At Top of Page',"#FFFFFF");
messages[4] = new Array('images/helvetica.gif','Helvetica',"#FFFFFF");
messages[5] = new Array('images/courier.gif','Courier',"#FFFFFF");
messages[6] = new Array('images/timesnewroman.gif','Times New Roman',"#FFFFFF");
messages[7] = new Array('images/crayon.gif','Crayon',"#FFFFFF");
messages[8] = new Array('images/tinkertoy.gif','Tinker Toy',"#FFFFFF");



////////////////////  END OF CUSTOMIZATION AREA  ///////////////////

// preload images that are to appear in tooltip
// from arrays above
if (document.images) {
	var theImgs = new Array();
	for (var i=0; i<messages.length; i++) {
  	theImgs[i] = new Image();
		theImgs[i].src = messages[i][0];
  }
}

// to layout image and text, 2-row table, image centered in top cell
// these go in var tip in doTooltip function
// startStr goes before image, midStr goes between image and text
var startStr = '<table width="' + tipWidth + '"><tr><td align="center" width="100%"><img src="';
var midStr = '" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">';
var endStr = '</td></tr></table>';

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  initTip	- initialization for tooltip.
//		Global variables for tooltip. 
//		Set styles
//		Set up mousemove capture if tipFollowMouse set true.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var tooltip, tipcss;
function initTip() {
	if (nodyn) return;
	tooltip = (ie4)? document.all['tipDiv']: (ie5||ns5)? document.getElementById('tipDiv'): null;
	tipcss = tooltip.style;
	if (ie4||ie5||ns5) {	// ns4 would lose all this on rewrites
		tipcss.width = tipWidth+"px";
		tipcss.fontFamily = tipFontFamily;
		tipcss.fontSize = tipFontSize;
		tipcss.color = tipFontColor;
		tipcss.backgroundColor = tipBgColor;
		tipcss.borderColor = tipBorderColor;
		tipcss.borderWidth = tipBorderWidth+"px";
		tipcss.padding = tipPadding+"px";
		tipcss.borderStyle = tipBorderStyle;
	}
	if (tooltip&&tipFollowMouse) {
		document.onmousemove = trackMouse;
	}
}

window.onload = initTip;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  doTooltip function
//			Assembles content for tooltip and writes 
//			it to tipDiv
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
var t1,t2;	// for setTimeouts
var tipOn = false;	// check if over tooltip link
function doTooltip(evt,num) {
	if (!tooltip) return;
	if (t1) clearTimeout(t1);	if (t2) clearTimeout(t2);
	tipOn = true;
	// set colors if included in messages array
	if (messages[num][2])	var curBgColor = messages[num][2];
	else curBgColor = tipBgColor;
	if (messages[num][3])	var curFontColor = messages[num][3];
	else curFontColor = tipFontColor;
	if (ie4||ie5||ns5) {
		var tip = startStr + messages[num][0] + midStr + '<span style="font-family:' + tipFontFamily + '; font-size:' + tipFontSize + '; color:' + curFontColor + ';">' + messages[num][1] + '</span>' + endStr;
		tipcss.backgroundColor = curBgColor;
	 	tooltip.innerHTML = tip;
	}
	if (!tipFollowMouse) positionTip(evt);
	else t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}

var mouseX, mouseY;
function trackMouse(evt) {
	standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body //create reference to common "body" across doctypes
	mouseX = (ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + standardbody.scrollLeft;
	mouseY = (ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + standardbody.scrollTop;
	if (tipOn) positionTip(evt);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//  positionTip function
//		If tipFollowMouse set false, so trackMouse function
//		not being used, get position of mouseover event.
//		Calculations use mouseover event position, 
//		offset amounts and tooltip width to position
//		tooltip within window.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function positionTip(evt) {
	if (!tipFollowMouse) {
		standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body
		mouseX = (ns5)? evt.pageX: window.event.clientX + standardbody.scrollLeft;
		mouseY = (ns5)? evt.pageY: window.event.clientY + standardbody.scrollTop;
	}
	// tooltip width and height
	var tpWd = (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientWidth: tooltip.offsetWidth;
	var tpHt = (ie4||ie5)? tooltip.clientHeight: tooltip.offsetHeight;
	// document area in view (subtract scrollbar width for ns)
	var winWd = (ns5)? window.innerWidth-20+window.pageXOffset: standardbody.clientWidth+standardbody.scrollLeft;
	var winHt = (ns5)? window.innerHeight-20+window.pageYOffset: standardbody.clientHeight+standardbody.scrollTop;
	// check mouse position against tip and window dimensions
	// and position the tooltip 
	if ((mouseX+offX+tpWd)>winWd) 
		tipcss.left = mouseX-(tpWd+offX)+"px";
	else tipcss.left = mouseX+offX+"px";
	if ((mouseY+offY+tpHt)>winHt) 
		tipcss.top = winHt-(tpHt+offY)+"px";
	else tipcss.top = mouseY+offY+"px";
	if (!tipFollowMouse) t1=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='visible'",100);
}

function hideTip() {
	if (!tooltip) return;
	t2=setTimeout("tipcss.visibility='hidden'",100);
	tipOn = false;
}

document.write('<div id="tipDiv" style="position:absolute; visibility:hidden; z-index:100"></div>')

var ray={
ajax:function(st)
	{
		this.show('load');
	},
show:function(el)
	{
		this.getID(el).style.display='';
	},
getID:function(el)
	{
		return document.getElementById(el);
	}
}