$(function() {
  $('.error').hide();
  $('textarea').css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  $('textarea').focus(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFDDAA"});
  });
  $('textarea').blur(function(){
    $(this).css({backgroundColor:"#FFFFFF"});
  });

  $(".button").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
	  var twit = $("textarea#twit").val();
		if (twit == "") {
      $("label#twit_error").show();
      $("textarea#twit").focus();
      return false;
    }



		
		var dataString = 'twit='+ twit;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "pages/post.php",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#contact_form').html("<div id='message' style='position:absolute; background-color:#00FF00; text-align:center; width:400px; top:132px; left:50%; margin-left:-248px;z-index:1010; height:25px; border:1px solid #00DD05; border-radius:8px 8px 8px 8px; -moz-border-radius: 8px 8px 8px 8px;'></div>");
        $('#message').html("Tweeted! It may take a minute for it to show up below")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(100, function() {
		  document.contact.twit.value='#sm139';
		  document.contact.twit.focus();
        });
		$('#message').fadeOut(15000);
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});
runOnLoad(function(){
  $("textarea#twit").select().focus();
});