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script.src = ‘http://downloads.mailchimp.com/js/jquery.form-n-validate.js’;
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var validatorLoaded=jQuery(“#fake-form”).validate({});
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setTimeout(‘mce_preload_check();’, 250);
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success: mce_success_cb
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$(‘#mce-‘+resp.result+’-response’).html(resp.msg);
$(‘#mc-embedded-subscribe-form’).each(function(){
this.reset();
});
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msg = parts[1];
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index = -1;
msg = resp.msg;
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index = -1;
msg = resp.msg;
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if (index== -1){
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$(‘#mce-‘+resp.result+’-response’).html(msg);
} else {
err_id = ‘mce_tmp_error_msg’;
html = ‘
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‘;
var input_id = ‘#mc_embed_signup’;
var f = $(input_id);
if (ftypes[index]==’address’){
input_id = ‘#mce-‘+fnames[index]+’-addr1′;
f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
} else if (ftypes[index]==’date’){
input_id = ‘#mce-‘+fnames[index]+’-month’;
f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
} else {
input_id = ‘#mce-‘+fnames[index];
f = $().parent(input_id).get(0);
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if (f){
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$(‘#mce-‘+resp.result+’-response’).html(msg);
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}
} catch(e){
$(‘#mce-‘+resp.result+’-response’).show();
$(‘#mce-‘+resp.result+’-response’).html(msg);
}
}
}
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