$(function() 

{ 


	$('#mailchimpform').submit(function()  
	{ 

		var email_length;
		var email;


		var status=true; 

		email_length = $("#strEmail").val().length; 
		email = $("#strEmail").val();


		$("#email_warning").empty(); 
		$("#strEmail").css({backgroundColor: ''}); 

		if (email_length == 0){ 
			$("#strEmail").css({backgroundColor: '#FAD8E0'}); 
			$("#email_warning").append(validationEmail); 
			status=false; 
		}

		var pattern = new RegExp(/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1[0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i);

		if (!pattern.test(email) && email_length > 0){ 
			$("#strEmail").css({backgroundColor: '#FAD8E0'}); 
			$("#email_warning").append(validationEmailValid); 
			status=false; 
		}


		
		return status; 
		
	  });  

});