$(document).ready(function(){ $('form#subscribeform').submit(function(e) { email = $('input[name="person[email_address]"]'); if(email.val() == 'email address') email.val(''); name = $('input[name="person[name]"]'); if(name.val() == 'name') name.val(''); $('form#subscribeform').submit(); }); });