title: jQuery validation plugin - no error messages instead custom backgrounds
body: <p>I am using the jQuery validation plugin (<a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/validation">http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/validation</a>). The form which is being validated has custom background images for the text input fields, so instead of showing an error message for invalid fields I would like to change the background image. Making things a bit trickier is that the background image for the fields is on a different <code>div</code> absolutely positioned behind the text field (which has a transparent background and no border). I will spare going into the reasons for this design decision here (it's related to margins within the text field) but I thought it should be mentioned since it is critical to this question.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, I have two questions:</p>
  
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  <li><p>How can I stop the display of the error messages all-together?</p></li>
  <li><p>How can I instead tell the validation plugin if, for example, the name field (e.g. <code>&lt;input id=name ... /&gt;</code>) is invalid then it should change the background for the relevant div (e.g. <code>&lt;div id=name-bg... &gt;&lt;/div&gt;</code>)?</p></li>
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  <p>Thanks for any assistance!</p>