this.addEvent('domready', function(){
	var captionContest = new CaptionContest(entries_arr);
	$('email').addEvent('blur', function(event){
		this.value = this.value.toLowerCase();
	});
	$('url').addEvent('blur', function(event){
		this.value = this.value.toLowerCase();
		if(this.value.indexOf('http://') == -1 && this.value.indexOf('https://') == -1){
			this.value = "http://" + this.value;
		}
	});
	$('entry').addEvent('keydown', function(event){
		if(this.value.length <= 200){
			this.removeClass('error');
			$('charCount').setText(200 - this.value.length);
		}else{
			$('charCount').setText(200 - this.value.length);
			this.addClass('error');
		}
		var str =this.value;
		this.value = trimLineBreak(str);
	});
})
/** form validation **/
function checkForm(){
	var error = {name: '', url: '', email: '', entry: ''};
	if(trim($('submitEntry').name.value) == ''){
		error.name = true;
		$('name').addClass('error');
	}
	if(!isEmail(trim($('submitEntry').email.value))){
		error.email = true;
		$('email').addClass('error');
	}
	if(trim($('entry').value) == ''){
		error.entry = true;
		$('entry').addClass('error');
	}
	
	if(error.name == true) {
		return false;
	}else $('name').removeClass('error');
	if(error.email == true){
		return false;
	}else $('email').removeClass('error');
	if(error.entry == true){
		return false; 
	}else $('entry').removeClass('error');
	
	var entry = $('entry').value.replace(/\n/g, "<br />");
	$('entryHidden').value = entry;
	return true;
}
function trim(str){
   return str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');
};
function trimLineBreak(str){
   return str.replace(/\n/g, '');
}
function isEmail(str){var regex = /^[-_.a-z0-9]+@(([-_a-z0-9]+\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i;
return regex.test(str);
}