// Function to validate the add a herd sire form.
	function validateform(addForm){
		if (trim(addForm.title.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter a title.");
			addForm.title.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (trim(addForm.content.value) == ""){
			alert ("Please enter the content.");
			addForm.content.focus();
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	function trim(inputString) {
		   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
		   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
		   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
		   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
		   var retValue = inputString;
		   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
		   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
		      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
		   }
		   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
		   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
		      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
		   }
		   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
		      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
		   }
		   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
	} // Ends the "trim" function