Вот Вам красивый и качественный пример..
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>How to create an awesome contact form?</title>
<link href="css/default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/validate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="js/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<form id="form" class="blocks" action="#" method="post">
<p>
<label>Name:</label>
<input type="text" class="text" name="name" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Company:</label>
<input type="text" class="text" name="company" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Your e-mail:</label>
<input type="text" class="text" name="email" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Contact number:</label>
<input type="text" class="text" name="phone" />
</p>
<p class="area">
<label>Message:</label>
<textarea class="textarea" name="message"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<label> </label>
<input type="submit" class="btn" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
стиль
body {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background:#fff;
font-size:11px;
}
.wrapper {
margin:200px auto 0;
width:1000px;
}
.blocks p {
margin-bottom:15px;
position:relative;
}
.btn {
display:block;
float:left;
height:31px;
line-height:31px;
padding:0 10px;
background:url(../gfx/bgbtn.jpg) repeat-x;
color:#565e62;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:11px;
border:1px solid #e1e0df;
outline:none;
}
.text,
.textarea {
padding:5px 10px;
height:27px;
border:1px solid #ddd;
color:#333;
background:url(../gfx/bginput.jpg) repeat-x bottom #fff;
position:relative;
z-index:2;
}
.text {
width:220px;
}
.textarea {
height:150px;
width:350px;
}
.blocks label {
float:left;
width:100px;
line-height:37px;
text-align:right;
margin-right:15px;
font-weight:bold;
color:#666;
}
.blocks label.error,
.blocks label.ok {
position:absolute;
z-index:1;
top:-4px;
left:110px;
padding:5px 15px 5px 280px;
width:auto;
text-align:left;
margin:0;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:257px 16px;
}
.blocks label.ok {
background-image:url(../gfx/icook.gif);
background-color:#deefca;
color:#577530;
}
.blocks label.error {
background-image:url(../gfx/icofail.gif);
background-color:#f5d6d7;
color:#c81925;
}
.area label.ok,
.area label.error {
height:163px;
padding-left:410px;
background-position:387px 16px;
}
.btn,
.text,
.textarea,
.blocks label.error,
.blocks label.ok {
-moz-border-radius:8px;
-webkit-border-radius:8px;
border-radius:8px;
}
a {
color:#fff;
}
a img {
border:none;
}
две библиотеки возьмете сами а нижний скрипт вот
$(function(){
$("#form").validate({
rules: {
name: {
required: true,
minlength: 3
},
company: {
required: true
},
phone: {
required: true,
number: true,
minlength: 6
},
email: {
required: true,
email: true
},
message: {
required: true
}
},
messages: {
name: {
required: 'This field is required',
minlength: 'Minimum length: 3'
},
company: {
required: 'This field is required'
},
phone: {
required: 'This field is required',
number: 'Invalid phone number',
minlength: 'Minimum length: 6'
},
email: 'Invalid e-mail address',
message: {
required: 'This field is required'
}
},
success: function(label) {
label.html('OK').removeClass('error').addClass('ok');
setTimeout(function(){
label.fadeOut(500);
}, 2000)
}
});
});