jQuery().ready(function() { var validator = $("#myform1").validate({ rules: { Text1: { required: true }, Text2: { required: true }, Text4: { required: true, number: true }, Text5: { required: true, email: true } }, messages: { Text1: "Sir, please enter your firstname, please!", Text5: { required: "We need your email adress!", email: "We need your real address, not a fake one!" } }, submitHandler: function(form) { $(form).ajaxSubmit({ dataType: "json", after: function(result) { if(result.status) { validator.showErrors(result.data); } } }); } }); });