specify a first name

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9069346/jquery-to-validation-of-common-phrases

by ryleyb

HTML

<script src="http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<form name="myForm">
<fieldset>
<legend>My Form</legend>
First Name: <input type="text" id="firstName" name="firstName"> * required<br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastName">
</fieldset>
<input type="submit">
</form>

CSS

.error { color: red; }

JavaScript

$.validator.addMethod('myFirstName',function(v,el){
    return this.optional(el) || v != 'First Name';
}, 'Please specify a first name');

var v = $("form").validate({
    rules: {
        firstName: {
            myFirstName: true,
            required: true
        }
    },
    submitHandler: function(){
       console.log('successful submit');
       return false;   
    }
});