jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
	errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
     error.appendTo( element.parent("div").next("div") );
   },
	success: "valid"
});

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#sweepsForm").validate({
  		rules: {
    		sweeps_firstname: "required",
			sweeps_lastname: "required",
			sweeps_email: {required: true, email: true}, 
			sweeps_cemail: {required: true, email: true, equalTo: "#sweeps_email"}
  		},
		messages: {
        	sweeps_firstname: { required: '* Please enter your first name'},
			sweeps_lastname: { required: '* Please enter your last name'},
			sweeps_email: { required: '* Your email address is required', email: '* Please enter a valid email address'},
			sweeps_cemail: { required: '* Your email address is required', email: '* Please enter a valid email address', equalTo: '* Please make sure your email address matches'}
    	}
	});
  });