function setupContactForm(formID) {
	var options = { 
        target:        '#cfoutput',   // target element(s) to be updated with server response 
        beforeSubmit:  showRequest,  // pre-submit callback 
        success:       showResponse,  // post-submit callback 
 
        // other available options: 
        //url:       url         // override for form's 'action' attribute 
        //type:      type        // 'get' or 'post', override for form's 'method' attribute 
        //dataType:  null        // 'xml', 'script', or 'json' (expected server response type) 
        clearForm: true,        // clear all form fields after successful submit 
        resetForm: true        // reset the form after successful submit 
 
        // $.ajax options can be used here too, for example: 
        //timeout:   3000 
    }; 
 
    // bind form using 'ajaxForm' 
    $('#'+formID).ajaxForm(options);
    
}

//pre-submit callback 
function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) { 
    // formData is an array; here we use $.param to convert it to a string to display it 
    // but the form plugin does this for you automatically when it submits the data 
    var queryString = $.param(formData); 
 
    // jqForm is a jQuery object encapsulating the form element.  To access the 
    // DOM element for the form do this: 
    // var formElement = jqForm[0]; 
    
    var blnValidated = $("#contactform").valid();
    
   // alert('About to submit: \n\n' + queryString +'\n\n\nis it valid? answer:' + blnValidated);
   
    return blnValidated; 
} 
 
// post-submit callback 
function showResponse(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form)  { 
    // for normal html responses, the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseText property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'xml' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseXML property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'json' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the json data object returned by the server 
 
   // alert('status: ' + statusText + '\n\nresponseText: \n' + responseText + 
   //     '\n\nThe output div should have already been updated with the responseText.'); 
}