function checkForm() { // function params var errmsg = ""; var errfield; // check required fields if (document.getElementById(['title']).value == "") { errmsg = "Please enter a subject."; errfield = document.getElementById(['title']); } else if (document.getElementById(['field_id_61']).value == "") { errmsg = "Please enter your name."; errfield = document.getElementById(['field_id_61']); } else if (document.getElementById(['field_id_62']).value == "") { errmsg = "Please enter your email address."; errfield = document.getElementById(['field_id_62']); } else if (document.getElementById(['field_id_60']).value == "") { errmsg = "Please enter a message."; errfield = document.getElementById(['field_id_60']); } // if no errors, return if (errmsg == "") return true; // otherwise, display error and set focus alert(errmsg); errfield.focus(); return false; }