// INITIALISATION
		jQuery(".sendForm").each(function(){
			form = jQuery(this).closest("form");
			form.prepend('<input type="hidden" name="timeStamp" value="1714380732" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px;"><input type="text" name="mail" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px;">');
			//form.find("input:not(:radio, :checkbox, .hidden), textarea").each(function(){
			//	required = ""; if (jQuery(this).hasClass("required") || jQuery(this).prop("required")){required = ' class="required"'; jQuery(this).removeClass("required");}
			//	if (!jQuery(this).attr("type")){jQuery(this).attr("type", "text");}
			//	jQuery(this).wrap("<label>").before("<span" + required + ">" + jQuery(this).attr("class") + ":</span>");
			//});
		});

		// USER-INTERACTION
		jQuery(".sendForm").click(function(){
			var form = jQuery(this).closest("form"); dataString = "subj=contactForm"; errorInFields = false;
			jQuery(form).find(":input").each(function(){
				if ((jQuery(this).hasClass("required") || jQuery(this).prop("required")) && jQuery(this).val() == ""){blinkField(jQuery(this)); return false;}		// a required field has been left blank
				if (jQuery(this).hasClass("e-mail")){
					var atPos = jQuery(this).val().indexOf("@"); var dotPos = jQuery(this).val().lastIndexOf(".");
					if (atPos < 1 || dotPos < atPos + 2 || dotPos + 2 >= jQuery(this).val().length){blinkField(jQuery(this)); return false;}						// wrong notation for e-mail
					if (jQuery(this).val().split("@").length - 1 > 1){blinkField(jQuery(this)); return false;}														// multiple e-mail addresses filled in (e-mail injection? spam?)
				}
				if (jQuery(this).val().indexOf("http") > -1){blinkField(jQuery(this)); return false;}																// no http allowed in input fields (spam?)
				if (jQuery(this).is(":checkbox:not(:checked)")){return true;}																						// if a checkbox is not checked, dont process it

				dataString += "&" + jQuery(this).attr("name") + "=" + jQuery(this).val();																			// create dataString from all available input fields in form
			});
			if (errorInFields){return false;}																														// if any error was detected, dont send form data

			//alert( dataString ); return;
			jQuery.post("inc/PHP/formHandler.php", dataString, function(){
				jQuery(form).find(":input").val("");
				jQuery(".thankYou").slideDown(350).delay(6000).slideUp(350);
			});
		});

		// FUNCTIONS
		function blinkField(elementToBlink){
			orgColor = elementToBlink.css("backgroundColor"); elementToBlink.focus().css({"background-color": "#FF0000"}).stop().animate({"background-color": orgColor}, 750); errorInFields = true;
		}