jQuery.validator.addMethod("properEmail", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^([\w\.]+)(@([\w\.-]+\.\w{2,5}))$/.test(value);
}, "Your email address must be in form name@domain.com");

jQuery.validator.addMethod("telephone", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^[\d\s\.\-\+\(\)]+$/.test(value);
}, "Only numeric values are allowed in telephone field");


jQuery.validator.addMethod("accept", function(value, element, param) { 
  return value.match(new RegExp("." + param + "$")); 
});