function checkForm(form) {
			 if (1) {
			 	var errors = "The form you submitted is incomplete.\n"
				if (form.name.value == "") {
				   errors += "Please enter your name.\n"
				} 
				if (form.phone.value == "") {
				   errors += "Please enter your phone number.\n"
				}
				if (form.email.value == "") {
				   errors += "Please enter your email address.\n"
				}
	
	
				if ((form.name.value == "") || (form.email.value == "")  || (form.phone.value == ""))
				 {
				   alert(errors)
				   return false
				}
			 }

	//alert("the form can now be submitted. Please remove this alert box and the false return from /js/email_updates.js when testing is through")
	return true //false
	}
	
	function checkEmail() {
		var re = /\b\w+[@]{1}\w+[.]{1}\w+\b/
		if (ie) {
			var myEmail = form.email.value
		} else if (ns4) {
			var myEmail = document.layers.main.document.form.email.value
		} else if (ns6) {
			var myEmail = document.forms[0].email.value
		}
		if (re.test(myEmail) != 1) {
			alert("The e-mail address you provided contains formatting errors. E-mail addresses should follow this format: joe@address.com")
			if (ie) {
				form.email.focus()
			} else if (ns4) {
				document.layers.main.document.form.email.focus()
			} else if (ns6) {
				document.forms[0].email.focus()
			}
		} else {  
			
		}
	}