Bootstrap Contact Form

Contact form using Bootstrap Framework

HTML

<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate action="assets/contact_me.php" method="post">
    <div class="row control-group">
        <div class="form-group col-xs-12 controls">
            <label>Name *</label>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" required>
            <p class="help-block text-danger small"></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row control-group">
        <div class="form-group col-xs-12 controls">
            <label>Email Address *</label>
            <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" required>
            <p class="help-block text-danger small"></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row control-group">
        <div class="form-group col-xs-12 controls">
            <label>Phone Number</label>
            <input type="tel" class="form-control" id="phone">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row control-group">
        <div class="form-group col-xs-12 controls">
            <label>Message *</label>
            <textarea rows="5" class="form-control" id="message" required></textarea>
            <p class="help-block text-danger small"></p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div id="success"></div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="form-group col-xs-12">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default btn-lg btn-block">Send</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</form>

JavaScript

/*
  Jquery Validation using jqBootstrapValidation
   example is taken from jqBootstrapValidation docs 
  */
$(function () {

    $("input,textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
        preventSubmit: true,
        submitError: function ($form, event, errors) {
            // something to have when submit produces an error ?
            // Not decided if I need it yet
        },
        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(' ');
            }
            $.ajax({
                url: "assets/contact_me.php",
                type: "POST",
                data: {
                    name: name,
                    email: email,
                    phone: phone,
                    message: message
                },
                cache: false,
                success: function () {
                    // Success message
                    $('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
                    $('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>&times;")
                        .append("</button>");
                    $('#success > .alert-success')
                        .append("<strong>Your message has been sent. </strong>");
                    $('#success > .alert-success')
                        .append('</div>');

                    //clear all fields
                    $('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
                },
        ...