SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form id="phonetypeform" name="register" action="register.php">

<input class="required" type="text" name="name" />

<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("#phonetypeform").validate({
      messages: {
          name: { required: "Custom Message" }
      }
  });
});