function validate()
{

      if(document.forms[0].loguser.value!=""){
      
                var bln_validate=false;
                var strmssg1="Fields marked with asterisk cannot be left blank.";
                var strmssg2=""; 
                var objerrdiv=document.getElementById('errdiv'); 
				objerrdiv.style.display= "block";
                var image_url = document.forms[0].filePhoto.value;
                if(image_url!="")DotPos = image_url.lastIndexOf(".");
                var cday = document.forms[0].cmbDay.options[document.forms[0].cmbDay.selectedIndex].value;
                var cmonth = document.forms[0].cmbMonth.options[document.forms[0].cmbMonth.selectedIndex].value;
                var cyear = document.forms[0].cmbYear.options[document.forms[0].cmbYear.selectedIndex].value;
                document.forms[0].testimonydate.value = cyear + "-" + cmonth + "-" + cday; 
                
               if(document.forms[0].t_church.options[document.forms[0].t_church.selectedIndex].value=="0"){
                   bln_validate=true;      
              	   document.forms[0].t_church.focus();  
                }else if(document.forms[0].subject_id.options[document.forms[0].subject_id.selectedIndex].value=="0"){
                   bln_validate=true;      
              	   document.forms[0].subject_id.focus();    
                }else if(document.forms[0].t_title.value==""){           
                      bln_validate=true;  
                      document.forms[0].t_title.focus();           
                }else if(document.forms[0].txttestimony.value==""){            
                      bln_validate=true;  
                      document.forms[0].txttestimony.focus();            
                }else if(!checkDate(cday, cmonth, cyear)){
          	       bln_validate=true; 
                   strmssg1="";     
                   strmssg2="Please enter a valid date !";
              	   document.forms[0].cmbDay.focus(); 
                }else if((image_url!="")&&      
                (image_url.slice(DotPos).toLowerCase() != ".jpg"  && 
                         image_url.slice(DotPos).toLowerCase() != ".jpeg" )){
                  bln_validate=true; 
                  strmssg1="";     
                  strmssg2="Only jpg/jpeg images can be uploaded !";
          	      document.forms[0].filePhoto.focus();       
                }
                
                if(!bln_validate){  
                         //check if email id is unique            
                    return true;        
                 }else{
                    if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){
                      objerrdiv.innerText=strmssg1+strmssg2;
                    }else if(navigator.appName=='Netscape'){
                      objerrdiv.textContent=strmssg1+strmssg2;     
                    }  
                    return false;
               }
             } else {
         
                    window.location="../php/login.php?tmny=1";             
             } 

}// end validate