//Phone Number validation
	 $.validator.addMethod("PhoneNumber", function(value, element) {
         return this.optional(element) || /^((\+\d{1,3}(-| )?\(?\d\)?(-| )?\d{1,5})|(\(?\d{2,6}\)?))(-| )?(\d{3,4})(-| )?(\d{4})(( x| ext)\d{1,5}){0,1}$/i.test(value);
     }, "Phone must contain only numbers, + and -.");

      $.validator.addMethod("EMAIL", function(value, element) {
         return this.optional(element) || /^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*\.(\w{2}|(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum))$/i.test(value);
     }, "<br />Invalid Email");

      $.validator.addMethod("noSpecialChars", function(value, element) {
      return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zA-Z]+$/i.test(value);
    }, "contain only characters");

    $.validator.addMethod("CharsWithSpace", function(value, element) {
      return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zA-Z ]+$/i.test(value);
    }, "contain only characters");

    $.validator.addMethod("urlFormate", function(value, element) {
      return this.optional(element) || /^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$/i.test(value);
    }, "url must contain only characters, digits and hyphen");