here is my script hopefully you could point out a solution.any help would be greatful.

$().ready(function() {

var container = $(‘div.container’);
// validate the form when it is submitted
var validator = $(“#producer”).validate({

errorContainer: container,
errorLabelContainer: $(“ol” ,container),
wrapper: ‘li’,
meta: “validate”,

rules : {
duration : {required : true },
category:{required:true},
description:{required:true, minlength:80 , maxlength:800},
venue_capacity:{number:true},
venue_phone:{number:true , minlength:8},
},

messages: {
presenter: { required: ‘Please enter the name of the Producer or Presenter!’},
showname: { required: ‘Please enter the name of the Event or Show!’},
showname2: { required: ‘Please enter the Subtitle for the Event or Show!’},
venue: { required: ‘Venue Name is required!’},
duration: { required: ‘You must choose a duration!’},
category: { required: ‘You must select a category!’},
description: { required: ‘You must give a description for your event!’,minlength:’the description must contain min of 80 characters’ ,maxlength:’the description must be less than 800 characters’},
venue_address1: { required: ‘Venue address 1 is required!’},
venue_address2: { required: ‘Venue address 2 is required!’},
venue_phone: { required: ‘You must enter a telephone number for the venue!’ ,number:’phone must be a number’,minlength:’the phone number must contain min of 8 numbers’},
venue_capacity: { required: ‘You must supply us with the capacity or your event !’,number:’ capacity must be a number’ },
}

},
});

});