jQuery.validator.addMethod("maxWords", function(value, element, params) { 
		return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length <= params; 
}, "Please enter {0} words or less."); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("minWords", function(value, element, params) { 
		return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params; 
}, "Please enter at least {0} words."); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("rangeWords", function(value, element, params) { 
		return this.optional(element) || value.match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params[0] && value.match(/bw+b/g).length < params[1]; 
}, "Please enter between {0} and {1} words.");


jQuery.validator.addMethod("letterswithbasicpunc", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z-.,()'\"\s]+$/i.test(value);
}, "Letters or punctuation only please");  

jQuery.validator.addMethod("alphanumeric", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^\w+$/i.test(value);
}, "Letters, numbers, spaces or underscores only please");  

jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z]+$/i.test(value);
}, "Letters only please"); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("nowhitespace", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^\S+$/i.test(value);
}, "No white space please"); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("ziprange", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^90[2-5]\d\{2}-\d{4}$/.test(value);
}, "Your ZIP-code must be in the range 902xx-xxxx to 905-xx-xxxx");

/**
	* Return true, if the value is a valid date, also making this formal check dd/mm/yyyy.
	*
	* @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/01/1900")
	* @result true
	*
	* @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/13/1990")
	* @result false
	*
	* @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01.01.1900")
	* @result false
	*
	* @example <input name="pippo" class="{dateITA:true}" />
	* @desc Declares an optional input element whose value must be a valid date.
	*
	* @name jQuery.validator.methods.dateITA
	* @type Boolean
	* @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods
	*/
jQuery.validator.addMethod(
	"dateITA",
	function(value, element) {
		var check = false;
		var re = /^\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}$/
		if( re.test(value)){
			var adata = value.split('/');
			var gg = parseInt(adata[0],10);
			var mm = parseInt(adata[1],10);
			var aaaa = parseInt(adata[2],10);
			var xdata = new Date(aaaa,mm-1,gg);
			if ( ( xdata.getFullYear() == aaaa ) && ( xdata.getMonth () == mm - 1 ) && ( xdata.getDate() == gg ) )
				check = true;
			else
				check = false;
		} else
			check = false;
		return this.optional(element) || check;
	}, 
	"Please enter a correct date"
);

// TODO check if value starts with <, otherwise don't try stripping anything
jQuery.validator.addMethod("strippedminlength", function(value, element, param) {
	return jQuery(value).text().length >= param;
}, jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters"));

// same as email, but TLD is optional
jQuery.validator.addMethod("email2", function(value, element, param) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)*(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(value); 
}, jQuery.validator.messages.email);

// same as url, but TLD is optional
jQuery.validator.addMethod("url2", function(value, element, param) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^(https?|ftp):\/\/(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)*(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i.test(value); 
}, jQuery.validator.messages.url);

// usernames for BTT signup
jQuery.validator.addMethod("validUsername", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z0-9]{6,10}$/i.test(value);
}, jQuery.validator.messages.validUsername);

// Aus mobile phone number
jQuery.validator.addMethod("optusMobile", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^04\d{8}$/.test(value);
}, jQuery.validator.messages.optusMobile);

// Make sure email address doesn't contain @, we add that later
jQuery.validator.addMethod("optusEmail", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || !(/@/.test(value));
}, jQuery.validator.messages.optusEmail);

// Make one of any number of options required
jQuery.validator.addMethod("requiredOption", function(value, element, param) {
	var t = this;
	var isValid = false;
	$(param).each(function() {
		if (!isValid && jQuery.validator.methods.required.call(t, $(this).val(), this, param)) {
			isValid = true;
		}
	});
	return isValid;
}, jQuery.validator.messages.requiredOption);

jQuery.validator.addMethod("blank", function(value, element, params) { 
		return this.optional(element) || !(value.length >= 1); 
}, "Please leave this field blank");