I have .aspx form and I wanted to put jquery validation over it ..some validation already been working like
minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long written in code attached ..I want for first name and last name too for 5 characters ..

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<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Site1.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Farmerinfo.aspx.cs" Inherits="LandManagment.Farmerinfo" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">

    <script src="lib/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.validate.js"></script>

<script>
    $.validator.setDefaults({
        submitHandler: function () { alert("submitted!"); }
    });

    $().ready(function () {
        // validate the comment form when it is submitted
     //   $("#commentForm").validate();

        // validate signup form on keyup and submit
        $("#signupForm").validate({
            rules: {
                firstname: "required",
                minlength: 5,
                lastname: "required",
                username: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 2
                },
                password: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 5
                },
                confirm_password: {
                    required: true,
                    minlength: 5,
                    equalTo: "#password"
                },
                email: {
                    required: true,
                    email: true
                },
                topic: {
                    required: "#newsletter:checked",
                    minlength: 2
                },
                agree: "required"
            },
            messages: {
                firstname: "Please enter your firstname",
                lastname: "Please enter your lastname",
                username: {
                    required: "Please enter a username",
                    minlength: "Your username must consist of at least 2 characters"
                },
                password: {
                    required: "Please provide a password",
                    minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long"
                },
                confirm_password: {
                    required: "Please provide a password",
                    minlength: "Your password must be at least 5 characters long",
                    equalTo: "Please enter the same password as above"
                },
                email: "Please enter a valid email address",
                agree: "Please accept our policy"
            }
        });

        // propose username by combining first- and lastname
        $("#username").focus(function () {
            var firstname = $("#firstname").val();
            var lastname = $("#lastname").val();
            if (firstname && lastname && !this.value) {
                this.value = firstname + "." + lastname;
            }
        });

        //code to hide topic selection, disable for demo
        var newsletter = $("#newsletter");
        // newsletter topics are optional, hide at first
        var inital = newsletter.is(":checked");
        var topics = $("#newsletter_topics")[inital ? "removeClass" : "addClass"]("gray");
        var topicInputs = topics.find("input").attr("disabled", !inital);
        // show when newsletter is checked
        newsletter.click(function () {
            topics[this.checked ? "removeClass" : "addClass"]("gray");
            topicInputs.attr("disabled", !this.checked);
        });
    });
</script>

     <div id="main">

<form   id="signupForm" method="get" action="">

  <div id="header">
            <h1>farmer input form</h1>
        </div>
        <table >
        <tr>
            <td>Farmer firstName</td>
            <td><input id="Text1" name="firstname" type="text" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Farmer LastName</td>
            <td><input id="Text2" name="lastname" type="text" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Land Area</td>
            <td><input id="password1" name="password" type="password" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/></td>

        </tr>

    </table>


</form>


</div>
</asp:Content>
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