function removeSpaces(string) {
	var tstring = "";
	string = '' + string;
	splitstring = string.split(" ");
	for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
	tstring += splitstring[i];
	return tstring;
}

function validated(string) {
    for (var i=0, output='', valid="123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-"; i<string.length; i++)
       if (valid.indexOf(string.charAt(i)) != -1)
          output += string.charAt(i)
    return output;
} 


function emailvalidation(entered, alertbox) {
// E-mail Validation by Henrik Petersen / NetKontoret
// Explained at www.echoecho.com/jsforms.htm
// Please do not remove this line and the two lines above.
with (entered) {
apos=value.indexOf("@");
dotpos=value.lastIndexOf(".");
lastpos=value.length-1;
if (apos<1 || dotpos-apos<2 || lastpos-dotpos>3 || lastpos-dotpos<2)
{if (alertbox) {alert(alertbox);} return false;}
else {return true;}
}
}