The Jquery Validation engine is a plugin that checks the data in forms. Out of many that have been tested, this seems to be the most robust and easiest to work with.
EMAIL
POSTCODE
Numbers only (with spaces)
/
Integer (Year)
Start Date Using Datepicker
validate[required] (just must include)
validate[required,minSize[6]] (required and must contain min of 6 chars)
validate[maxSize[6]] (not required but must be min of 6 chars)
validate[required,equals[password]] (must be the same as password field)
validate[required] radio (must choose a radio button)
validate[minCheckbox[2]] checkbox (must tick two tick boxes)
validate[required] checkbox (must choose a checkbox button)
Change position of message (data-prompt-position=”bottomLeft:20,5″)
datepicker (see start date using datepicker)
Postcode
You need to add this to the jqueryvalidationEngine-en.js "postcode": {
"regex": /^[A-Z].+[0-9].+[A-Z]$/i,
"alertText": "* Invalid postcode"
},
Select box dropdown
