Trying to get jquery validation plugin work with my step by step form and here is the function i made. It works but only with first step. Any other step or final submit wont work in that case. If anyone could have a look whats wrong with my code i would appreciate the most.

Thank you.

function StepByStep(){

 var a = {  
  rules: {
   fieldname1: "required",
   fieldname2: "required",

  }
 }

 var b = {   
  rules: {
   fieldname3:"required"   
  }
 }

 var aStep = $("form").validate(a);
 var bStep = $("form").validate(b);   

 $('input.nextStep').click(function(){ 

  if (aStep.form()) {
   //open step 2 function   
  } 

  return false     
 });

 $('input.submit').click(function(){

  if (bStep.form()) {  
   $('form').submit();  
  }
   return false

 }); }