$(function() { $("#contactForm input,#contactForm textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({ preventSubmit: true, submitError: function($form, event, errors) { // additional error messages or events }, submitSuccess: function($form, event) { event.preventDefault(); // prevent default submit behaviour // get values from FORM var name = $("input#name").val(); var email = $("input#email").val(); var phone = $("input#phone").val(); var message = $("textarea#message").val(); var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message // Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) { firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' '); } $this = $("#sendMessageButton"); $this.prop("disabled", true); // Disable submit button until AJAX call is complete to prevent duplicate messages $.ajax({ url: "././mail/contact_me.php", type: "POST", data: { name: name, phone: phone, email: email, message: message }, cache: false, success: function() { // Success message $('#success').html("