Extending the jQuery validation plug-in

/*general display settings*/
* { font-family: Verdana; font-size: 96%; }
form div { padding: 0.1em; }
label { float: left; }
em { float: right; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 1em; vertical-align: top; }

.text { width: 20em; float: left; }

#submit { float: right; margin-right: 1em; }

/*for the validation summary*/
#summary { display: none; }
#summary label { float: none; }

/*for showing the errors*/
.error { color: red; }

input.error, textarea.error, select.error { border: 1px solid red; } 
select.error { color: black; }