function valForm() {
		var blindBoxFieldValue = document.getElementById('blindBox').checked;
		if (document.getElementById('mailingAddress')) {
		var	mailingAddressField = document.getElementById('mailingAddress');
		var	mailingAddressFieldValue = document.getElementById('mailingAddress').value;
		var	cityField= document.getElementById('city');
		var	cityFieldValue = document.getElementById('city').value;
		var stateField = document.getElementById('state');
		var	stateFieldValue = document.getElementById('state').value;
		var	zipField = document.getElementById('zip'); 
		var	zipFieldValue = document.getElementById('zip').value;
		}
		if (document.getElementById('adEmail')) {
			var	emailField = document.getElementById('adEmail');
			var	emailFieldValue = document.getElementById('adEmail').value;
	}
		var	adTitleField = document.getElementById('adTitle');
		var	adTitleFieldValue = document.getElementById('adTitle').value;
		var	adTextField = document.getElementById('description');
		var	adTextFieldValue = document.getElementById('description').value;
		var datePostedField = document.getElementById('onlineBeginDate');
		var	datePostedFieldValue = document.getElementById('onlineBeginDate').value;
		var termDateField = document.getElementById('onlineTermDate');
		var	termDateFieldValue = document.getElementById('onlineTermDate').value;
		var durationField = document.getElementById('duration');
		var durationFieldValue = durationField.options[durationField.selectedIndex].value;
		
		// if blindbox is set to yes
		if(blindBoxFieldValue == true) {
					
			if (mailingAddressFieldValue == '') {
				alert('Please enter your mailing address.');
				mailingAddressField.focus();
				return false;
			}
			if (cityFieldValue == '') {
				alert('Please enter your city.');
				cityField.focus();
				return false;
			}
			if (stateFieldValue == '') {
				alert('Please choose a state.');
				stateField.focus();
				return false;
			}
			if (zipFieldValue == '') {
				alert('Please enter your zip code.');
				zipField.focus();
				return false;
			}
			if (emailFieldValue == '') {
				alert('Please enter your email address.');
				emailField.focus();
				return false;
			}
			
			if (!emailFieldValue == '') {
				if(!isEmail(emailFieldValue)){
						alert('Please enter a valid email address.');
						emailField.focus();
						return false;
				}
			}
			
		} // close blindbox yes condition
		
		if (adTitleFieldValue == '') {
			alert('Please enter an Ad Title.');
			adTitleField.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		
		if (adTextFieldValue == '') {
			alert('Please enter text for your ad.');
			adTextField.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (durationFieldValue == 0 || durationFieldValue == '') {
			alert('Please select the duration of the ad.');
			durationField.focus();
			return false;
		}

		if (datePostedFieldValue == '') {
			alert('Please enter the Date Posted.');
			datePostedField.focus();
			return false;
		}

		if (termDateFieldValue == '') {
			alert('Please enter the online end date.');
			termDateField.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		// submit the form now that we have done a lil' validation
		document.getElementById('adForm').submit();
	
	}; //close valForm function