$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#newsletter_btn").click(function() {
		// validate and process form
		// first hide any error messages
    $('.error').hide();
		
		var email = $("#newsletter input#email").val();
		if (email == "") {
      $("#newsletter input#email").focus();
      return false;
    }
		
		var dataString = 'email=' + email;
		//alert (dataString);return false;
		
		$.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "/index.php/contact/newsletter",
      data: dataString,
      success: function() {
        $('#newsletter').html("<div id='newsletter-success'></div>");
        $('#newsletter-success').html("<h3>Your email has been added to out newsletter database.</h3>")
        .hide()
        .fadeIn(800, function() {
          $('#newsletter-success');
        });
      }
     });
    return false;
	});
});