function populate_signup_form_placeholders() { var candidates = [ {name: "Wolfgang A. Mozart", email: "w.a.mozart@magicflute.com", company: "Salzburg Court", count: "10", product: "harpsichords"}, {name: "Alexander Hamilton", email: "alex1755@treas.gov", company: "US Treasury", count: "25", product: "ink and quill"}, {name: "Thomas Jefferson", email: "tommyboy129@state.gov", company: "Department of State", count: "120", product: "carrier pigeon"}, {name: "Ben Franklin", email: "bigben19281@poorrichards.com", company: "Poor Richard's Almanack", count: "38", product: "kite and key"}, {name: "Alexander Bell", email: "ahoy@bell.com", company: "Bell Telephone Company", count: "24", product: "telephone"}, {name: "Marie Curie", email: "m.curie@ens.fr", company: "École Normale Supérieure", count: "4", product: "pen & paper"}, {name: "Alexandrina Victoria", email: "vicky@buckingham.co.uk", company: "House of Hanover", count: "81", product: "diplomats"}, {name: "Mary Cassatt", email: "luvimpressionism@cassatt.com", company: "Cassatt Studios", count: "18", product: "oil on canvas"}, {name: "Sophie Germain", email: "sophie@mathrulz.com", company: "Paris Academy of Sciences", count: "34", product: "smoke signals"}, {name: "Eleanor Roosevelt", email: "elly@un.int", company: "United Nations", count: "193", product: "radio"} ]; var candidate = candidates[Math.floor(Math.random() * candidates.length)]; $("#name").attr('placeholder', candidate.name); $("#email").attr('placeholder', candidate.email); $("#company").attr('placeholder', candidate.company); $("#count").attr('placeholder', candidate.count); $("#product").attr('placeholder', candidate.product); } $(function () { $(".letter-form").ajaxForm({ dataType: 'json', // This seems to be ignored. We still get back an xhr. beforeSubmit: function (arr, form, options) { $(".alert-hidden").hide(); var has_email = false; $.each(arr, function (idx, elt) { if (elt.name === 'email' && elt.value.length) { has_email = true; } }); if (!has_email) { $("#error-missing-email").show(); return false; } $("#beta-signup").attr('disabled', 'disabled').text("Sending..."); }, success: function (resp, statusText, xhr, form) { $("#success").show(); }, error: function (xhr, error_type, xhn) { $("#error").show(); }, complete: function (xhr, statusText) { $("#beta-signup").removeAttr('disabled').text("Sign up"); } }); populate_signup_form_placeholders(); });