function validateForm() { var x=document.forms["myForm"]["fname"].value; if (x==null || x=="") { alert("First name must be filled out"); return false; } } function validateForm() { var x=document.forms["myForm"]["email"].value; var atpos=x.indexOf("@"); var dotpos=x.lastIndexOf("."); if (atpos<1 || dotpos=x.length) { alert("Not a valid e-mail address"); return false; } }