function sendData() {

	if( clickstatus == true ) {

	$.post("validation.php", $("#contest_form").serialize(), function(data){
    $("#entry").append($(data));
}, "html")

	}

}

function EmailError() {

	if( emailvalid == false ) {
	$("#error").empty().append("Invalid email, please re-enter.");
	$("#error").fadeIn(700);
	}

}

function InputError() {

	if( inputvalid == false ) {
	$("#error").empty().append("Invalid first name, last name, and email. Please re-enter.");
	$("#error").fadeIn(700);
	}
	
}

function Success() {

	if( success = true ) {
	$("#contest_form").fadeOut(700);
	$("#success").append("Thanks for entering! Winners will be determined by the contest end date and notified via email. <br /> <br /> <span class='smalltxt'><a  href='http://exophase.com/'>&laquo; Go back to eXophase.com</a> | <a href='http://www.academyofchampions.com' target=_blank>Visit official Academy of Champions website &raquo;</a></span>");
	$("#success").fadeIn(700);
	}
	
	UpdateCounters();
	
}

function UpdateCounters() {

	$("#score_a").attr("src", "images/"+score_a+".gif");
	$("#score_b").attr("src", "images/"+score_b+".gif");
	$("#score_c").attr("src", "images/"+score_c+".gif");
	$("#score_d").attr("src", "images/"+score_d+".gif");
}