jQuery.fn.reset = function () {
      $(this).each (function() { this.reset(); });
    }
    
    $.validator.addMethod(
            "regex",
            function(value, element, regexp) {
                var check = false;
                var re = new RegExp(regexp);
                return this.optional(element) || re.test(value);
            },
            ""
    );


    $.validator.prototype.showLabel = function(element, message) {
        var label = this.errorsFor( element );
        $(element).addClass("required");
        if ( label.length ) {
                // refresh error/success class
                label.removeClass().addClass( this.settings.errorClass );

                // check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
                label.attr("generated") && label.html(message);
        } else {
                // create label
                label = $("<" + this.settings.errorElement + "/>")
                        .attr({"for":  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
                        .addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
                        .html(message || "");
                if ( this.settings.wrapper ) {
                        // make sure the element is visible, even in IE
                        // actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
                        label = label.hide().show().wrap("<" + this.settings.wrapper + "/>").parent();
                }
                if ( !this.labelContainer.append(label).length )
                        this.settings.errorPlacement
                                ? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, $(element) )
                                : label.insertAfter(element);
        }
        if ( !message && this.settings.success ) {
                label.text("");
                typeof this.settings.success == "string"
                        ? label.addClass( this.settings.success )
                        : this.settings.success( label );
        }
        this.toShow = this.toShow.add(label);
    }

    $.validator.messages = {
            required: "This field is required.",
            regex: "This field is not well formatted.",
            remote: "Please fix this field.",
            email: "Please enter a valid e-mail address.",
            url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
            date: "Please enter a valid date.",
            dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
            number: "Please enter a valid number.",
            digits: "Please enter only digits.",
            creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card number.",
            equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
            accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
            maxlength: $.validator.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
            minlength: $.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
            rangelength: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
            range: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
            max: $.validator.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
            min: $.validator.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")

    };