AJAX call issue?

Snippet from index.html

<div id="contact-form" class="third-column">

      <h4>Drop us a line</h4>

      <form id="contactform" action="./contact-us.php.html" method="post" />

        <p>

          <input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="input-field" />

          <label for="name">Name *</label>

        </p>

        <p>

          <input type="text" name="email" id="email" class="input-field" />

          <label for="email">Email *</label>

        </p>

        <p>

          <textarea rows="4" cols="50" name="message" id="message"></textarea>

          <label for="message">Your message *</label>

        </p>

        <p>

         <a onclick="$('#contactform').submit(); return false;" href="" class="contact-button">SEND MESSAGE</a>

        </p>

      </form>

    </div>

contact-us.php.html

{"responseStatus":"err","responseMsg":"ajax"}

snippet from common.js

 // init contact form validation and AJAX handling
  if ($("#contactform").length > 0) {
    $("#contactform").validate({ rules: { name: "required",
                                         email: { required: true, email: true },
                                         message: "required"},
                                messages: { name: "This field is required.",
                                            email: { required: "This field is required.",
                                                     email: "Please enter a valied email address."},
                                            message: "This field is required."},
                                submitHandler: function(form) {  $(form).ajaxSubmit({dataType: 'json', success: contactFormResponse}); }
                              });
  }
});

// handle newsletter subscribe AJAX response
function newsletterResponse(response) {
  if (response.responseStatus == 'err') {
    if (response.responseMsg == 'ajax') {
      alert('Error - this script can only be invoked via an AJAX call.');
    } else if (response.responseMsg == 'fileopen') {
      alert('Error opening $emailsFile. Please refer to documentation for help.');
    } else if (response.responseMsg == 'email') {
      alert('Please enter a valid email address.');
    } else if (response.responseMsg == 'duplicate') {
      alert('You are already subscribed to our newsletter.');
    } else if (response.responseMsg == 'filewrite') {
      alert('Error writing to $emailsFile. Please refer to documentation for help.');
    } else {
      alert('Undocumented error. Please refresh the page and try again.');
    }
  } else if (response.responseStatus == 'ok') {
    alert('Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter! We will not abuse your address.');
  } else {
    alert('Undocumented error. Please refresh the page and try again.');
  }
} // newsletterResponse

// handle contact form AJAX response
function contactFormResponse(response) {
  if (response.responseStatus == 'err') {
    if (response.responseMsg == 'ajax') {
      alert('Error - this script can only be invoked via an AJAX call.');
    } else if (response.responseMsg == 'notsent') {
      alert('We are having some mail server issues. Please refresh the page or try again later.');
    } else {
      alert('Undocumented error. Please refresh the page and try again.');
    }
  } else if (response.responseStatus == 'ok') {
    alert('Thank you for contacting us! We\'ll get back to you ASAP.');
  } else {
    alert('Undocumented error. Please refresh the page and try again.');
  }
} // contactFormResponse

When I attempt to submit the form... I get the message "      alert('Error - this script can only be invoked via an AJAX call.');"

Any ideas?

Thanks

{"responseStatus":"err","responseMsg":"ajax"}

if (response.responseStatus == 'err') {

    if (response.responseMsg == 'ajax') {

      alert('Error - this script can only be invoked via an AJAX call.');

your code is doing exactly what it is coded to do. What is the problem?

{"responseStatus":"err","responseMsg":"ajax"}

if (response.responseStatus == 'err') {

    if (response.responseMsg == 'ajax') {

      alert('Error - this script can only be invoked via an AJAX call.');

 

your code is doing exactly what it is coded to do. What is the problem?

I need the form to submit and send to an email.. how would I do so?