// --------------------------------------------------
				// PATTERN VALIDATION FOR ALL INPUTS (global)
				// NOTE: this runs only for input fields (not select/textarea)
				// --------------------------------------------------
				var inputFields = document.theform.getElementsByTagName("input");
				
				for (var k = 0; k < inputFields.length; k++) {
					
					var myField = inputFields[k];

					myField.onchange = function(){
						
						// If input has built-in validation (email/url/number/min/max/pattern/etc.)
						// But skip password because your HTML uses type="email" for it
						if (this.id == "mypassword") {
							return;
						}
						
						if (!(this.checkValidity())) {
							myError.textContent = "Input does not match expected pattern: " + (this.placeholder || "");
						} else {
							myError.textContent = "";
						}
					};
				}