<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {

    jQuery.validator.addMethod('notEqualTo', function(value, element, param) { return value != jQuery(param).val(); }, 'Must not be equal to {0}.' );

    jQuery.validator.addMethod('greaterThan', function(value, element, param) { return ( IsNaN( value ) && IsNaN( jQuery(param).val() ) ) || ( value > jQuery(param).val() ); }, 'Must be greater than {0}.' );

    jQuery.validator.addMethod('lesserThan', function(value, element, param) { return ( IsNaN( value ) && IsNaN( jQuery(param).val() ) ) || ( value < jQuery(param).val() ); }, 'Must be lesser than {0}.' );

    jQuery.validator.addMethod('numberNative', function(value, element, param) { return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{3})+)(?:\,\d+)?$/.test(value); }, 'Not a valid number.' );

    jQuery.validator.addMethod('simpleDate', function(value, element, param) { return this.optional(element) || /^\d{1,2}\-\d{1,2}\-\d{4}$/.test(value); }, 'Not a valid date.' );

    $("#userform").validate({

        rules : {

            UserName: {  rangelength: [1, 50] , required: true },

            Password: {   required: true , rangelength: [5, 50] , equalTo: "#PasswordConfirmation" },

            PasswordConfirmation: {   equalTo: "#Password" , rangelength: [5, 50] , required: true },

            FirstName: { rangelength: [1, 100] },

            LastName: { rangelength: [1, 100] },

            Email: {   required: true , rangelength: [1, 100] , email: true },

            Website: { rangelength: [1, 100] }

        },

        messages : {

            UserName: {  rangelength: "The username must be between 1 and 50 characters" , required: "The username may not be empty" },

            Password: {   required: "The password may not be empty" , rangelength: "The password must contain at least 5 characters" , equalTo: "The password must be the same as the confirmation password" },

            PasswordConfirmation: {   equalTo: "The password must be the same as the confirmation password" , rangelength: "The password must contain at least 5 characters" , required: "The password confirmation may not be empty" },

            FirstName: { rangelength: "The firstname must be between 1 and 100 characters" },

            LastName: { rangelength: "The lastname must be between 1 and 100 characters" },

            Email: {   required: "E-mail address may not be empty" , rangelength: "E-mail address must be between 1 and 100 characters" , email: "Invalid e-mail address" },

            Website: { rangelength: "The website url must be between 1 and 100 characters" }

        }

    });

});

</script>