function chk_frm()
{
				  
				if((trim(form1.name.value)).length==0)
					{
					alert("Your Name is a compulsory field");
					form1.name.focus();
					return false;
					}
			
					/*if(form1.email.value=="")
					{
					alert("Email Address is a compulsory field.");
					form1.email.focus();
					return false;						
					}	*/	

				 if(form1.phone.value=="")
					{
					alert("Phone is a compulsory field");
					form1.phone.focus();
					return false;
					}
					
				if(form1.address.value=="")
					{
					alert("Address is a compulsory field");
					form1.address.focus();
					return false;
					}
					
				 
		 
      if(form1.email.value=="")
          {   alert("Email Address is a compulsory field.");
					form1.email.focus();
					return false;	
	     }
       else 
        {    var emailStr=form1.email.value;
            // checks if the e-mail address is valid
            var emailPat = /^(\".*\"|[A-Za-z]\w*)@(\[\d{1,3}(\.\d{1,3}){3}]|[A-Za-z]\w*(\.[A-Za-z]\w*)+)$/;
            var matchArray = emailStr.match(emailPat);
            if (matchArray == null) {
              alert("Please check your Email Address.");
			  form1.email.focus();
               return false;   
	          }				
			
         }			
	        //   if(form1.story.value=="")
				//	{
					//alert("Story is a compulsory field");
					//form1.story.focus();
					//return false;
				//	}
				
					if(!document.getElementById("verify").value){
alert('Please enter the verification code given below');
document.getElementById("verify").focus();
return false;
}
if(document.getElementById("verify").value!=document.getElementById("vp").value){
alert('Verification code does not match');
document.getElementById("verify").value='';
document.getElementById("verify").focus();
return false;
}	

						 
}
				
function trim(str)
{
  return str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
};