function validEmailAddy(address) {

	var suspect = address;
	var errorFlag = "false";
	
	// @ symbol must be present and occuring after a legal character 
	if(suspect.search("@") == -1 || suspect.indexOf("@") < 1) errorFlag = "true";
	// " . " occuring after the @ symbol, something must be between "@" and "."	
	if(suspect.indexOf("@") > suspect.indexOf(".") || suspect.lastIndexOf(".") == suspect.indexOf("@")+1) errorFlag = "true";
	// legal character occuring after the " . "
	if(suspect.lastIndexOf(".") == suspect.length-1) errorFlag = "true";
	// no slashes allowed
	if(suspect.search("/") > -1) errorFlag = "true";
	
	if(errorFlag=="true") alert("the email " + suspect + "is NOT valid");
	
	var outputEmail = suspect;
	
	return outputEmail;
}

function validName(name) {
	
	var suspect = name;
	var errorFlag = "false";

	// no slashes allowed
	if(suspect.search("/") > -1) errorFlag = "true";
	
	suspect = suspect.toUpperCase();
	suspect = suspect.split(" ", 2);
	var firstName = suspect[0];
	var lastName = suspect[1];
	var outputName = lastName + ", " + firstName;	
	
	return outputName;
}



function checkFormEmail(theName, theEmail, theComment) {	
	
	validEmailAddy(theEmail);
	validName(theName);
	popConfirm();
	
}


function popConfirm () {
	var confirmation = window.open("commentPopUp.html", "" ,"width=300,height=100,status=0,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0");
}