function validate(formData, jqForm, options) { 
    
	var form = jqForm[0]; 

	   if (!form.twitterpost.value) {
			 $('#message').hide();
             $('.error').fadeIn('slow');
             $('.error').fadeOut(10000);
			 $('textarea#twitterpost').focus();
		return false;
        } 
		else {
                $('.error').hide();
		        $('#message').html("Status has been posted to twitter").fadeIn('slow');
				$('textarea#twitterpost').val('');
				$('textarea#twitterpost').focus();
		        $('#charlimitinfo').html("140");
                $('#message').fadeOut(15000);
		return true;
		}

	}

    $(document).ready(function() { 
            // bind 'myForm' and provide a simple callback function 
            $('#posttotwitter').ajaxForm({ beforeSubmit: validate }); 
     });