$(function()
	{
		$("#subscribe_form input.submit").click(function() {	
			
			// First, disable the form from submitting
			$('form#subscribe_form').submit(function() { return false; });
			
			// Grab form action
			formAction = $("form#subscribe_form").attr("action");
			
			emailId = "itthku";
			emailId = emailId.replace("/", "");
			emailId = emailId + "-" + emailId;
			
			// Validate email address with regex
			if (!checkEmail(emailId)) 
			{
				alert("Please enter a valid email address");
				return;
			}
			
			// Serialize form values to be submitted with POST
			var str = $("form#subscribe_form").serialize();
			
			// Add form action to end of serialized data
			final = str + "&action=" + formAction;
			
			// Submit the form via ajax
			$.ajax({
				url: "/09/newsletter/proxy.php",
				type: "POST",
				data: final,
				success: function(html){
					$("#theForm").hide(); // If successfully submitted hides the form
					$("#confirmation").slideDown("slow");  // Shows "Thanks for subscribing" div
				}
			});
		});
	});
	function checkEmail(email)
	{	
		var pattern = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
		var emailVal = $("#" + email).val();
		return pattern.test(emailVal);
	}