$(function() { $("#contactForm input,#contactForm textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({ preventSubmit: true, submitError: function($form, event, errors) { // additional error messages or events }, submitSuccess: function($form, event) { event.preventDefault(); // prevent default submit behaviour // get values from FORM var name = $("input#name").val(); var guestname = $("input#guestname").val(); var email = $("input#email").val(); var message = $("textarea#message").val(); var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message // Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) { firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' '); } var guestfirstName = guestname; // For Success/Failure Message // Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message if (guestfirstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) { guestfirstName = guestname.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' '); } $.ajax({ url: "https://formspree.io/givenskevinm@gmail.com", method: "POST", //data: {message: "hello!"}, data: { name: name, guestname: guestname, email: email, message: message }, dataType: "json", //url: "././mail/contact_me.php", //type: "POST", //data: { // name: name, // phone: phone, // email: email, // message: message //}, cache: false, success: function() { // Success message $('#success').html("