Okay, I was able to fix the problem I was having in my last thread: http://www.webdevforums.com/showthre...-for-duplicate and really didn't want to start a new thread, but couldn't find a way to edit the title.

I am now having a new problem. My form won't submit. I submits fine when I remove the added method, but then my form won't check for duplicate emails and usernames. Any ideas why this might be? Let me know if any more information would help.

I was able to get around the remote problem by adding the following method to the validator:

Code:
jQuery.validator.addMethod("duplicate", function(value, element, params) { 
	var validator = this;
	params.data[element.name] = value;
	$.post(params.url, params.data, function(response) {
		if (response == 'true'){
			var errors = {};
			validator.showErrors(errors);
			return true; 
		}else {
			var errors = {};
		        errors[element.name] =  response;
			validator.showErrors(errors);
			return false;
		}
	}, 'text');
}, '');
Then, I implemented the validation like this:

Code:
        $("#sign_up").validate({
		rules: {
			onfocusout: true,
			username: {
			        required: true,
				equals: "username",
				minlength: 5,
				duplicate: {
					url: "checkuname.php",
					data: {username: $("#req-name").val()}
				}
			},
			email: {
				required: true,
				email: true,
				equals: "email",
				duplicate: {
					url: "checkemail.php",
					data: {email: $("#req-email").val()}
				}
			},
			pass1: {
				minlength: 5,
				required: true,
			        equals: "password"
			},
			pass2: {
				equalTo: "#req-password",
				equals: "password"
			}
		},
		messages: {
			username: {
				required: "Please include a username<br>",
				minlength: "Please enter a username with more than 5 characters<br>",
				equals: "Please enter a username<br>"
			},
			email: {
				required: "Please enter an email address<br>",
				email: "The email address you entered was not valid, please try again<br>",
				equals: "Please enter an email address<br>"
			},
			pass1: {
				minlength: "Please enter a password that is longer than 5 characters<br>",
				required: "Please enter a password<br>",
				equals: "Please enter a password<br>"
			},
			pass2: {
				equalTo: "Both your passwords did not match.  Please try again<br>",
				equals: "Please enter a password<br>"
			}
		},
		errorLabelContainer: "#messageBox",
		submitHandler: function(form) {	
			$(form).ajaxSubmit({
				success: function(){
					$("#signup_content").fadeOut('slow', function(){
						// animation done
					});
				}
			});
		}
	});