// placeholder support for browsers that don't support HTML5 placeholders!
// taken from: http://www.hagenburger.net/BLOG/HTML5-Input-Placeholder-Fix-With-jQuery.html

$(document).ready(function(){

	// this emulates the HTML5 placeholder functionality	
	$('[placeholder]').focus(function() {
	  var input = $(this);
	  if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
	    input.val('');
	    input.removeClass('placeholder');
	  }
	}).blur(function() {
	  var input = $(this);
	  if (input.val() == '' || input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
	    input.addClass('placeholder');
	    input.val(input.attr('placeholder'));
	  }
	}).blur();
	
	// this clears the placeholder values when the submit button is pressed to prevent placeholder from being passed through
	$('[placeholder]').parents('form').submit(function() {
	  $(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
	    var input = $(this);
	    if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
	      input.val('');
	    }
	  })
	});
	
});