jQuery addmethod issue

[Strychnine]

Hello all! I've written a jQuery addMethod for the jQuery validation plugin that seems to be causing an error.

 

Basically this method just checks the db to see if the email address is registered. It works correctly and prompts the error/or passes it correctly. However it fired back an error and sets the focus to the field on submit. If I take this out, the form fires correctly no problem. Any insight I would appreciate.

 

Submit Handler:

submitHandler: function(form) {
            if($("#registerForm").valid()) {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    async: false,
                    url: "activate.php",
                    data: $("#registerForm").serialize(),
                    success: function(data) {
                        $('#results').html(data);
                        $('#registerForm').fadeOut(1000);
                        $('#thanks').fadeToggle(1000);
                    }
                })
            }
        },

addMethod

$.validator.addMethod("checkEmailAvailability", function(email) {
        $('#email').blur(function() {
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "http://"+location.host+"/includes/checkemail.php?",
                data: "email=" +$("#email").val(),
                success: function(data) {
                    if(data == 'false') {
                        //$('#checkEmail').removeClass("validate-ok");
                        $('#checkEmail').addClass("validate-error").html('✗ ' + $("#email").val() + ' is already a registered email.');
                    }
                    else {
                        $('#checkEmail').html('');
                    }
                }
            })
        });
    });

[Strychnine]

Seems I figured out what the issues was. I wanted to maintain the same functionality as my method, but as most people say to use the remote method. With that I decided to wrap the remote with a function() that would process the same way, here is my updated code is anyone else has this issue: 

 

email: {

            email: true,

            required: true,

            minlength: 8,

            remote: function() {

                $('#email').blur(function() {

                    $.ajax({

                        type: "POST",

                        url: "http://"+location.host+"/includes/checkemail.php?",

                        data: "email=" +$("#email").val(),

                        success: function(data) {

                            if(data == 'false') {

                                $('#checkEmail').addClass("validate-error").html('✗ ' + $("#email").val() + ' is already a registered email.');

                            }

                            else {

                                $('#checkEmail').html('');

                            }

                        }

                    })

                });

            }

          },