function resetStateText(theForm) {
  theForm.state.value = '';
  if (theForm.zone_id.options.length > 0) {
    theForm.state.value = '-- Select Above --';
  }
}

function resetZoneSelected(theForm) {
  theForm.zone_id.selectedIndex = '0';
  if (theForm.zone_id.options.length > 0) {
    theForm.state.value = '-- Select Above --';
  }
}

function update_zone(theForm) {

   var NumState = theForm.zone_id.options.length;

   while(NumState > 0) {
      NumState--;
      theForm.zone_id.options[NumState] = null;
   }

   var SelectedCountry = "";

   SelectedCountry = theForm.country.options[theForm.country.selectedIndex].value;

  if (SelectedCountry == "38") {
    theForm.zone_id.options[0] = new Option("Please Select", "");
    theForm.zone_id.options[1] = new Option("Alberta", "66");
    theForm.zone_id.options[2] = new Option("British Columbia", "67");
    theForm.zone_id.options[3] = new Option("Manitoba", "68");
    theForm.zone_id.options[4] = new Option("New Brunswick", "70");
    theForm.zone_id.options[5] = new Option("Newfoundland", "69");
    theForm.zone_id.options[6] = new Option("Northwest Territories", "72");
    theForm.zone_id.options[7] = new Option("Nova Scotia", "71");
    theForm.zone_id.options[8] = new Option("Nunavut", "73");
    theForm.zone_id.options[9] = new Option("Ontario", "74");
    theForm.zone_id.options[10] = new Option("Prince Edward Island", "75");
    theForm.zone_id.options[11] = new Option("Quebec", "76");
    theForm.zone_id.options[12] = new Option("Saskatchewan", "77");
    theForm.zone_id.options[13] = new Option("Yukon Territory", "78");
  }
  else if (SelectedCountry == "223") {
    theForm.zone_id.options[0] = new Option("Please Select", "");
    theForm.zone_id.options[1] = new Option("Alabama", "1");
    theForm.zone_id.options[2] = new Option("Alaska", "2");
    theForm.zone_id.options[3] = new Option("Arizona", "4");
    theForm.zone_id.options[4] = new Option("Arkansas", "5");
    theForm.zone_id.options[5] = new Option("California", "12");
    theForm.zone_id.options[6] = new Option("Colorado", "13");
    theForm.zone_id.options[7] = new Option("Connecticut", "14");
    theForm.zone_id.options[8] = new Option("Delaware", "15");
    theForm.zone_id.options[9] = new Option("Florida", "18");
    theForm.zone_id.options[10] = new Option("Georgia", "19");
    theForm.zone_id.options[11] = new Option("Guam", "20");
    theForm.zone_id.options[12] = new Option("Hawaii", "21");
    theForm.zone_id.options[13] = new Option("Idaho", "22");
    theForm.zone_id.options[14] = new Option("Illinois", "23");
    theForm.zone_id.options[15] = new Option("Indiana", "24");
    theForm.zone_id.options[16] = new Option("Iowa", "25");
    theForm.zone_id.options[17] = new Option("Kansas", "26");
    theForm.zone_id.options[18] = new Option("Kentucky", "27");
    theForm.zone_id.options[19] = new Option("Louisiana", "28");
    theForm.zone_id.options[20] = new Option("Maine", "29");
    theForm.zone_id.options[21] = new Option("Marina Islands", "30");
    theForm.zone_id.options[22] = new Option("Maryland", "31");
    theForm.zone_id.options[23] = new Option("Massachusetts", "32");
    theForm.zone_id.options[24] = new Option("Michigan", "33");
    theForm.zone_id.options[25] = new Option("Minnesota", "34");
    theForm.zone_id.options[26] = new Option("Mississippi", "35");
    theForm.zone_id.options[27] = new Option("Missouri", "36");
    theForm.zone_id.options[28] = new Option("Montana", "37");
    theForm.zone_id.options[29] = new Option("Nebraska", "38");
    theForm.zone_id.options[30] = new Option("Nevada", "39");
    theForm.zone_id.options[31] = new Option("New Hampshire", "40");
    theForm.zone_id.options[32] = new Option("New Jersey", "41");
    theForm.zone_id.options[33] = new Option("New Mexico", "42");
    theForm.zone_id.options[34] = new Option("New York", "43");
    theForm.zone_id.options[35] = new Option("North Carolina", "44");
    theForm.zone_id.options[36] = new Option("North Dakota", "45");
    theForm.zone_id.options[37] = new Option("Ohio", "47");
    theForm.zone_id.options[38] = new Option("Oklahoma", "48");
    theForm.zone_id.options[39] = new Option("Oregon", "49");
    theForm.zone_id.options[40] = new Option("Pennsylvania", "51");
    theForm.zone_id.options[41] = new Option("Puerto Rico", "52");
    theForm.zone_id.options[42] = new Option("Rhode Island", "53");
    theForm.zone_id.options[43] = new Option("South Carolina", "54");
    theForm.zone_id.options[44] = new Option("South Dakota", "55");
    theForm.zone_id.options[45] = new Option("Tenessee", "56");
    theForm.zone_id.options[46] = new Option("Texas", "57");
    theForm.zone_id.options[47] = new Option("Utah", "58");
    theForm.zone_id.options[48] = new Option("Vermont", "59");
    theForm.zone_id.options[49] = new Option("Virgin Islands", "60");
    theForm.zone_id.options[50] = new Option("Virginia", "61");
    theForm.zone_id.options[51] = new Option("Washington", "62");
    theForm.zone_id.options[52] = new Option("Washington DC", "79");
    theForm.zone_id.options[53] = new Option("West Virginia", "63");
    theForm.zone_id.options[54] = new Option("Wisconsin", "64");
    theForm.zone_id.options[55] = new Option("Wyoming", "65");
  }
   resetStateText(theForm);

}

function checkRegisterForm(theForm) {
  var error = 0;
  var error_message = "Errors have occured during the process of your form!\nPlease make the following corrections:\n\n";

  var first_name = theForm.firstname.value;
  var last_name = theForm.lastname.value;
  var email_address = theForm.email_address.value;
  var street_address = theForm.street_address.value;
  var password = theForm.password.value;
  var confirmation = theForm.confirmation.value;
  var postcode = theForm.postcode.value;
  var city = theForm.city.value;

  if (first_name == "" || first_name.length < 3) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'First Name' entry must have atleast 3 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (last_name == "" || last_name.length < 3) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'Last Name' entry must have atleast 3 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (email_address == "" || email_address.length < 6) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'E-Mail Address' entry must have at least 6 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (street_address == "" || street_address.length < 0) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'Street Address' entry must have at least 0 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if ((password != confirmation) || (password == "" || password.length < 5)) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'Password' and 'Confirmation' entries must match and have atleast 5 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (postcode == "" || postcode.length < 6) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'Postal \/ Zip Code' entry must have at least 6 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (city == "" || city.length < 4) {
    error_message = error_message + "* The 'City' entry must have atleast 4 characters.\n";
    error = 1;
  }

  if (error == 1) {
    alert(error_message);
    return false;
  } else {
    return true;
  }
}