function emailSignup() {

	_action = $("#emailform").attr("action");
	_data = $("#emailform").serialize() + "&action=" + _action;
	
	$.ajax({
        type:"POST",
        url:"/js/email/proxy.php",
		data:_data,
        success: function(data, status) {
			closeEmailForm();
			$('#gyhyd-gyhyd').attr({value:''});
			$('#f-bkhf').attr({value:''});
			emailFormMessage("Email submission was successful. Thank you.");
        },
        error: function(data, status) {
			closeEmailForm();
			emailFormMessage("An error occured while submiting the form. Please try again later.");
        }
    });

}
 
function checkEmail(email) {
	 var pattern = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\.\-])+\@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})+$/;
     var emailVal = $("." + email).val();
     return pattern.test(emailVal);
}

function closeEmailForm() {
	
	$('#fnav-email .tt').hide();
	$('#fnav-globalwebsite .tt').hide();
	$('#fnav-email .footerLinks').removeClass('tooltipVisibleTextHover');
	$('#fnav-globalwebsite .footerLinks').removeClass('tooltipVisibleTextGlobeHover');
	$('#showcase').unblock();
	
}

function emailFormMessage(message) {
	alert(message);
}