$(document).ready(function() {
$('form#contact-form').validate({
        rules: {
            "contact[subject]": {required: true
                            },
            "contact[email]": {
                            required: true,
                            email: true
            },
            "contact[body]": {
                required: true
            },
            "contact[name]": {
                required: true
            }
        },
        messages: {
            "contact[subject]": {
                required: "Please provide a subject line."
                },
            "contact[email]": {
                required: "Please provide an email address.",
                email: "Email doesn't seem to be valid."
                },
            "contact[body]": {
                required: "You need to fill in the message field."
            },
            "contact[name]": {
                required: "Please fill in your name."
            }
        }
});

});