Customized MailChimp code that works inline with WordPress. The JS goes in the footer - make sure to replace the URL on line 9 with the one from YOUR account (you can get it by grabbing the original version of this code - generate a "classic" embedded sign-up form and it'll be in there). There's also a bit you'll need to replace in the form code…

inline-validation.js

<script type="text/javascript">

var fnames = new Array();var ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';

jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
  var options = { errorClass: 'mce_inline_error', errorElement: 'div', onkeyup: function(){}, onfocusout:function(){}, onblur:function(){}  };
  var mce_validator = $("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").validate(options);
  $("#mc-embedded-subscribe-form").unbind('submit');//remove the validator so we can get into beforeSubmit on the ajaxform, which then calls the validator
  options = { url: 'http://replace-with-your-specific-url', type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                beforeSubmit: function(){
                    $('#mce_tmp_error_msg').remove();
                    $('.datefield','#mc_embed_signup').each(
                        function(){
                            var txt = 'filled';
                            var fields = new Array();
                            var i = 0;
                            $(':text', this).each(
                                function(){
                                    fields[i] = this;
                                    i++;
                                });
                            $(':hidden', this).each(
                                function(){
                                    var bday = false;
                                    if (fields.length == 2){
                                        bday = true;
                                        fields[2] = {'value':1970};//trick birthdays into having years
                                    }
                                	if ( fields[0].value=='MM' && fields[1].value=='DD' && (fields[2].value=='YYYY' || (bday && fields[2].value==1970) ) ){
                                		this.value = '';
								    } else if ( fields[0].value=='' && fields[1].value=='' && (fields[2].value=='' || (bday && fields[2].value==1970) ) ){
                                		this.value = '';
								    } else {
								        if (/\[day\]/.test(fields[0].name)){
	                                        this.value = fields[1].value+'/'+fields[0].value+'/'+fields[2].value;									        
								        } else {
	                                        this.value = fields[0].value+'/'+fields[1].value+'/'+fields[2].value;
                                        }
                                    }
                                });
                        });
                    return mce_validator.form();
                }, 
                success: mce_success_cb
            };
  $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').ajaxForm(options);
   
});
function mce_success_cb(resp){
	jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
    $('#mce-success-response').hide();
    $('#mce-error-response').hide();
    if (resp.result=="success"){
        $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
        $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html('Thank you! Please check your email to confirm your subscription.');
        $('#mc-embedded-subscribe-form').each(function(){
            this.reset();
    	}).hide();
    } else {
        var index = -1;
        var msg;
        try {
            var parts = resp.msg.split(' - ',2);
            if (parts[1]==undefined){
                msg = resp.msg;
            } else {
                i = parseInt(parts[0]);
                if (i.toString() == parts[0]){
                    index = parts[0];
                    msg = parts[1];
                } else {
                    index = -1;
                    msg = resp.msg;
                }
            }
        } catch(e){
            index = -1;
            msg = resp.msg;
        }
        try{
            if (index== -1){
                $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
                $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);            
            } else {
                err_id = 'mce_tmp_error_msg';
                html = '<div id="'+err_id+'" style="'+err_style+'"> '+msg+'</div>';
                
                var input_id = '#mc_embed_signup';
                var f = $(input_id);
                if (ftypes[index]=='address'){
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-addr1';
                    f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
                } else if (ftypes[index]=='date'){
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index]+'-month';
                    f = $(input_id).parent().parent().get(0);
                } else {
                    input_id = '#mce-'+fnames[index];
                    f = $().parent(input_id).get(0);
                }
                if (f){
                    $(f).append(html);
                    $(input_id).focus();
                } else {
                    $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
                    $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);
                }
            }
        } catch(e){
            $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').show();
            $('#mce-'+resp.result+'-response').html(msg);
        }
    }
	});
}

</script>

jquery.form-n-validate.js

/*!
 * jQuery Form Plugin
 * version: 2.52 (07-DEC-2010)
 * @requires jQuery v1.3.2 or later
 *
 * Examples and documentation at: http://malsup.com/jquery/form/
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 */
;(function($) {

/*
	Usage Note:
	-----------
	Do not use both ajaxSubmit and ajaxForm on the same form.  These
	functions are intended to be exclusive.  Use ajaxSubmit if you want
	to bind your own submit handler to the form.  For example,

	$(document).ready(function() {
		$('#myForm').bind('submit', function(e) {
			e.preventDefault(); // <-- important
			$(this).ajaxSubmit({
				target: '#output'
			});
		});
	});

	Use ajaxForm when you want the plugin to manage all the event binding
	for you.  For example,

	$(document).ready(function() {
		$('#myForm').ajaxForm({
			target: '#output'
		});
	});

	When using ajaxForm, the ajaxSubmit function will be invoked for you
	at the appropriate time.
*/

/**
 * ajaxSubmit() provides a mechanism for immediately submitting
 * an HTML form using AJAX.
 */
$.fn.ajaxSubmit = function(options) {
	// fast fail if nothing selected (http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2752)
	if (!this.length) {
		log('ajaxSubmit: skipping submit process - no element selected');
		return this;
	}

	if (typeof options == 'function') {
		options = { success: options };
	}

	var action = this.attr('action');
	var url = (typeof action === 'string') ? $.trim(action) : '';
	if (url) {
		// clean url (don't include hash vaue)
		url = (url.match(/^([^#]+)/)||[])[1];
	}
	url = url || window.location.href || '';

	options = $.extend(true, {
		url:  url,
		type: this.attr('method') || 'GET',
		iframeSrc: /^https/i.test(window.location.href || '') ? 'javascript:false' : 'about:blank'
	}, options);

	// hook for manipulating the form data before it is extracted;
	// convenient for use with rich editors like tinyMCE or FCKEditor
	var veto = {};
	this.trigger('form-pre-serialize', [this, options, veto]);
	if (veto.veto) {
		log('ajaxSubmit: submit vetoed via form-pre-serialize trigger');
		return this;
	}

	// provide opportunity to alter form data before it is serialized
	if (options.beforeSerialize && options.beforeSerialize(this, options) === false) {
		log('ajaxSubmit: submit aborted via beforeSerialize callback');
		return this;
	}

	var n,v,a = this.formToArray(options.semantic);
	if (options.data) {
		options.extraData = options.data;
		for (n in options.data) {
			if(options.data[n] instanceof Array) {
				for (var k in options.data[n]) {
					a.push( { name: n, value: options.data[n][k] } );
				}
			}
			else {
				v = options.data[n];
				v = $.isFunction(v) ? v() : v; // if value is fn, invoke it
				a.push( { name: n, value: v } );
			}
		}
	}

	// give pre-submit callback an opportunity to abort the submit
	if (options.beforeSubmit && options.beforeSubmit(a, this, options) === false) {
		log('ajaxSubmit: submit aborted via beforeSubmit callback');
		return this;
	}

	// fire vetoable 'validate' event
	this.trigger('form-submit-validate', [a, this, options, veto]);
	if (veto.veto) {
		log('ajaxSubmit: submit vetoed via form-submit-validate trigger');
		return this;
	}

	var q = $.param(a);

	if (options.type.toUpperCase() == 'GET') {
		options.url += (options.url.indexOf('?') >= 0 ? '&' : '?') + q;
		options.data = null;  // data is null for 'get'
	}
	else {
		options.data = q; // data is the query string for 'post'
	}

	var $form = this, callbacks = [];
	if (options.resetForm) {
		callbacks.push(function() { $form.resetForm(); });
	}
	if (options.clearForm) {
		callbacks.push(function() { $form.clearForm(); });
	}

	// perform a load on the target only if dataType is not provided
	if (!options.dataType && options.target) {
		var oldSuccess = options.success || function(){};
		callbacks.push(function(data) {
			var fn = options.replaceTarget ? 'replaceWith' : 'html';
			$(options.target)[fn](data).each(oldSuccess, arguments);
		});
	}
	else if (options.success) {
		callbacks.push(options.success);
	}

	options.success = function(data, status, xhr) { // jQuery 1.4+ passes xhr as 3rd arg
		var context = options.context || options;   // jQuery 1.4+ supports scope context 
		for (var i=0, max=callbacks.length; i < max; i++) {
			callbacks[i].apply(context, [data, status, xhr || $form, $form]);
		}
	};

	// are there files to upload?
	var fileInputs = $('input:file', this).length > 0;
	var mp = 'multipart/form-data';
	var multipart = ($form.attr('enctype') == mp || $form.attr('encoding') == mp);

	// options.iframe allows user to force iframe mode
	// 06-NOV-09: now defaulting to iframe mode if file input is detected
   if (options.iframe !== false && (fileInputs || options.iframe || multipart)) {
	   // hack to fix Safari hang (thanks to Tim Molendijk for this)
	   // see:  http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/36395b7ab510dd5d
	   if (options.closeKeepAlive) {
		   $.get(options.closeKeepAlive, fileUpload);
		}
	   else {
		   fileUpload();
		}
   }
   else {
	   $.ajax(options);
   }

	// fire 'notify' event
	this.trigger('form-submit-notify', [this, options]);
	return this;


	// private function for handling file uploads (hat tip to YAHOO!)
	function fileUpload() {
		var form = $form[0];

		if ($(':input[name=submit],:input[id=submit]', form).length) {
			// if there is an input with a name or id of 'submit' then we won't be
			// able to invoke the submit fn on the form (at least not x-browser)
			alert('Error: Form elements must not have name or id of "submit".');
			return;
		}
		
		var s = $.extend(true, {}, $.ajaxSettings, options);
		s.context = s.context || s;
		var id = 'jqFormIO' + (new Date().getTime()), fn = '_'+id;
		window[fn] = function() {
			var f = $io.data('form-plugin-onload');
			if (f) {
				f();
				window[fn] = undefined;
				try { delete window[fn]; } catch(e){}
			}
		}
		var $io = $('<iframe id="' + id + '" name="' + id + '" src="'+ s.iframeSrc +'" onload="window[\'_\'+this.id]()" />');
		var io = $io[0];

		$io.css({ position: 'absolute', top: '-1000px', left: '-1000px' });

		var xhr = { // mock object
			aborted: 0,
			responseText: null,
			responseXML: null,
			status: 0,
			statusText: 'n/a',
			getAllResponseHeaders: function() {},
			getResponseHeader: function() {},
			setRequestHeader: function() {},
			abort: function() {
				this.aborted = 1;
				$io.attr('src', s.iframeSrc); // abort op in progress
			}
		};

		var g = s.global;
		// trigger ajax global events so that activity/block indicators work like normal
		if (g && ! $.active++) {
			$.event.trigger("ajaxStart");
		}
		if (g) {
			$.event.trigger("ajaxSend", [xhr, s]);
		}

		if (s.beforeSend && s.beforeSend.call(s.context, xhr, s) === false) {
			if (s.global) { 
				$.active--;
			}
			return;
		}
		if (xhr.aborted) {
			return;
		}

		var cbInvoked = false;
		var timedOut = 0;

		// add submitting element to data if we know it
		var sub = form.clk;
		if (sub) {
			var n = sub.name;
			if (n && !sub.disabled) {
				s.extraData = s.extraData || {};
				s.extraData[n] = sub.value;
				if (sub.type == "image") {
					s.extraData[n+'.x'] = form.clk_x;
					s.extraData[n+'.y'] = form.clk_y;
				}
			}
		}

		// take a breath so that pending repaints get some cpu time before the upload starts
		function doSubmit() {
			// make sure form attrs are set
			var t = $form.attr('target'), a = $form.attr('action');

			// update form attrs in IE friendly way
			form.setAttribute('target',id);
			if (form.getAttribute('method') != 'POST') {
				form.setAttribute('method', 'POST');
			}
			if (form.getAttribute('action') != s.url) {
				form.setAttribute('action', s.url);
			}

			// ie borks in some cases when setting encoding
			if (! s.skipEncodingOverride) {
				$form.attr({
					encoding: 'multipart/form-data',
					enctype:  'multipart/form-data'
				});
			}

			// support timout
			if (s.timeout) {
				setTimeout(function() { timedOut = true; cb(); }, s.timeout);
			}

			// add "extra" data to form if provided in options
			var extraInputs = [];
			try {
				if (s.extraData) {
					for (var n in s.extraData) {
						extraInputs.push(
							$('<input type="hidden" name="'+n+'" value="'+s.extraData[n]+'" />')
								.appendTo(form)[0]);
					}
				}

				// add iframe to doc and submit the form
				$io.appendTo('body');
				$io.data('form-plugin-onload', cb);
				form.submit();
			}
			finally {
				// reset attrs and remove "extra" input elements
				form.setAttribute('action',a);
				if(t) {
					form.setAttribute('target', t);
				} else {
					$form.removeAttr('target');
				}
				$(extraInputs).remove();
			}
		}

		if (s.forceSync) {
			doSubmit();
		}
		else {
			setTimeout(doSubmit, 10); // this lets dom updates render
		}
	
		var data, doc, domCheckCount = 50;

		function cb() {
			if (cbInvoked) {
				return;
			}

			$io.removeData('form-plugin-onload');
			
			var ok = true;
			try {
				if (timedOut) {
					throw 'timeout';
				}
				// extract the server response from the iframe
				doc = io.contentWindow ? io.contentWindow.document : io.contentDocument ? io.contentDocument : io.document;
				
				var isXml = s.dataType == 'xml' || doc.XMLDocument || $.isXMLDoc(doc);
				log('isXml='+isXml);
				if (!isXml && window.opera && (doc.body == null || doc.body.innerHTML == '')) {
					if (--domCheckCount) {
						// in some browsers (Opera) the iframe DOM is not always traversable when
						// the onload callback fires, so we loop a bit to accommodate
						log('requeing onLoad callback, DOM not available');
						setTimeout(cb, 250);
						return;
					}
					// let this fall through because server response could be an empty document
					//log('Could not access iframe DOM after mutiple tries.');
					//throw 'DOMException: not available';
				}

				//log('response detected');
				cbInvoked = true;
				xhr.responseText = doc.documentElement ? doc.documentElement.innerHTML : null; 
				xhr.responseXML = doc.XMLDocument ? doc.XMLDocument : doc;
				xhr.getResponseHeader = function(header){
					var headers = {'content-type': s.dataType};
					return headers[header];
				};

				var scr = /(json|script)/.test(s.dataType);
				if (scr || s.textarea) {
					// see if user embedded response in textarea
					var ta = doc.getElementsByTagName('textarea')[0];
					if (ta) {
						xhr.responseText = ta.value;
					}
					else if (scr) {
						// account for browsers injecting pre around json response
						var pre = doc.getElementsByTagName('pre')[0];
						var b = doc.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
						if (pre) {
							xhr.responseText = pre.textContent;
						}
						else if (b) {
							xhr.responseText = b.innerHTML;
						}
					}			  
				}
				else if (s.dataType == 'xml' && !xhr.responseXML && xhr.responseText != null) {
					xhr.responseXML = toXml(xhr.responseText);
				}
				data = $.httpData(xhr, s.dataType);
			}
			catch(e){
				log('error caught:',e);
				ok = false;
				xhr.error = e;
				$.handleError(s, xhr, 'error', e);
			}
			
			if (xhr.aborted) {
				log('upload aborted');
				ok = false;
			}

			// ordering of these callbacks/triggers is odd, but that's how $.ajax does it
			if (ok) {
				s.success.call(s.context, data, 'success', xhr);
				if (g) {
					$.event.trigger("ajaxSuccess", [xhr, s]);
				}
			}
			if (g) {
				$.event.trigger("ajaxComplete", [xhr, s]);
			}
			if (g && ! --$.active) {
				$.event.trigger("ajaxStop");
			}
			if (s.complete) {
				s.complete.call(s.context, xhr, ok ? 'success' : 'error');
			}

			// clean up
			setTimeout(function() {
				$io.removeData('form-plugin-onload');
				$io.remove();
				xhr.responseXML = null;
			}, 100);
		}

		function toXml(s, doc) {
			if (window.ActiveXObject) {
				doc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
				doc.async = 'false';
				doc.loadXML(s);
			}
			else {
				doc = (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(s, 'text/xml');
			}
			return (doc && doc.documentElement && doc.documentElement.tagName != 'parsererror') ? doc : null;
		}
	}
};

/**
 * ajaxForm() provides a mechanism for fully automating form submission.
 *
 * The advantages of using this method instead of ajaxSubmit() are:
 *
 * 1: This method will include coordinates for <input type="image" /> elements (if the element
 *	is used to submit the form).
 * 2. This method will include the submit element's name/value data (for the element that was
 *	used to submit the form).
 * 3. This method binds the submit() method to the form for you.
 *
 * The options argument for ajaxForm works exactly as it does for ajaxSubmit.  ajaxForm merely
 * passes the options argument along after properly binding events for submit elements and
 * the form itself.
 */
$.fn.ajaxForm = function(options) {
	// in jQuery 1.3+ we can fix mistakes with the ready state
	if (this.length === 0) {
		var o = { s: this.selector, c: this.context };
		if (!$.isReady && o.s) {
			log('DOM not ready, queuing ajaxForm');
			$(function() {
				$(o.s,o.c).ajaxForm(options);
			});
			return this;
		}
		// is your DOM ready?  http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Introducing_$(document).ready()
		log('terminating; zero elements found by selector' + ($.isReady ? '' : ' (DOM not ready)'));
		return this;
	}
	
	return this.ajaxFormUnbind().bind('submit.form-plugin', function(e) {
		if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) { // if event has been canceled, don't proceed
			e.preventDefault();
			$(this).ajaxSubmit(options);
		}
	}).bind('click.form-plugin', function(e) {
		var target = e.target;
		var $el = $(target);
		if (!($el.is(":submit,input:image"))) {
			// is this a child element of the submit el?  (ex: a span within a button)
			var t = $el.closest(':submit');
			if (t.length == 0) {
				return;
			}
			target = t[0];
		}
		var form = this;
		form.clk = target;
		if (target.type == 'image') {
			if (e.offsetX != undefined) {
				form.clk_x = e.offsetX;
				form.clk_y = e.offsetY;
			} else if (typeof $.fn.offset == 'function') { // try to use dimensions plugin
				var offset = $el.offset();
				form.clk_x = e.pageX - offset.left;
				form.clk_y = e.pageY - offset.top;
			} else {
				form.clk_x = e.pageX - target.offsetLeft;
				form.clk_y = e.pageY - target.offsetTop;
			}
		}
		// clear form vars
		setTimeout(function() { form.clk = form.clk_x = form.clk_y = null; }, 100);
	});
};

// ajaxFormUnbind unbinds the event handlers that were bound by ajaxForm
$.fn.ajaxFormUnbind = function() {
	return this.unbind('submit.form-plugin click.form-plugin');
};

/**
 * formToArray() gathers form element data into an array of objects that can
 * be passed to any of the following ajax functions: $.get, $.post, or load.
 * Each object in the array has both a 'name' and 'value' property.  An example of
 * an array for a simple login form might be:
 *
 * [ { name: 'username', value: 'jresig' }, { name: 'password', value: 'secret' } ]
 *
 * It is this array that is passed to pre-submit callback functions provided to the
 * ajaxSubmit() and ajaxForm() methods.
 */
$.fn.formToArray = function(semantic) {
	var a = [];
	if (this.length === 0) {
		return a;
	}

	var form = this[0];
	var els = semantic ? form.getElementsByTagName('*') : form.elements;
	if (!els) {
		return a;
	}
	
	var i,j,n,v,el,max,jmax;
	for(i=0, max=els.length; i < max; i++) {
		el = els[i];
		n = el.name;
		if (!n) {
			continue;
		}

		if (semantic && form.clk && el.type == "image") {
			// handle image inputs on the fly when semantic == true
			if(!el.disabled && form.clk == el) {
				a.push({name: n, value: $(el).val()});
				a.push({name: n+'.x', value: form.clk_x}, {name: n+'.y', value: form.clk_y});
			}
			continue;
		}

		v = $.fieldValue(el, true);
		if (v && v.constructor == Array) {
			for(j=0, jmax=v.length; j < jmax; j++) {
				a.push({name: n, value: v[j]});
			}
		}
		else if (v !== null && typeof v != 'undefined') {
			a.push({name: n, value: v});
		}
	}

	if (!semantic && form.clk) {
		// input type=='image' are not found in elements array! handle it here
		var $input = $(form.clk), input = $input[0];
		n = input.name;
		if (n && !input.disabled && input.type == 'image') {
			a.push({name: n, value: $input.val()});
			a.push({name: n+'.x', value: form.clk_x}, {name: n+'.y', value: form.clk_y});
		}
	}
	return a;
};

/**
 * Serializes form data into a 'submittable' string. This method will return a string
 * in the format: name1=value1&amp;name2=value2
 */
$.fn.formSerialize = function(semantic) {
	//hand off to jQuery.param for proper encoding
	return $.param(this.formToArray(semantic));
};

/**
 * Serializes all field elements in the jQuery object into a query string.
 * This method will return a string in the format: name1=value1&amp;name2=value2
 */
$.fn.fieldSerialize = function(successful) {
	var a = [];
	this.each(function() {
		var n = this.name;
		if (!n) {
			return;
		}
		var v = $.fieldValue(this, successful);
		if (v && v.constructor == Array) {
			for (var i=0,max=v.length; i < max; i++) {
				a.push({name: n, value: v[i]});
			}
		}
		else if (v !== null && typeof v != 'undefined') {
			a.push({name: this.name, value: v});
		}
	});
	//hand off to jQuery.param for proper encoding
	return $.param(a);
};

/**
 * Returns the value(s) of the element in the matched set.  For example, consider the following form:
 *
 *  <form><fieldset>
 *	  <input name="A" type="text" />
 *	  <input name="A" type="text" />
 *	  <input name="B" type="checkbox" value="B1" />
 *	  <input name="B" type="checkbox" value="B2"/>
 *	  <input name="C" type="radio" value="C1" />
 *	  <input name="C" type="radio" value="C2" />
 *  </fieldset></form>
 *
 *  var v = $(':text').fieldValue();
 *  // if no values are entered into the text inputs
 *  v == ['','']
 *  // if values entered into the text inputs are 'foo' and 'bar'
 *  v == ['foo','bar']
 *
 *  var v = $(':checkbox').fieldValue();
 *  // if neither checkbox is checked
 *  v === undefined
 *  // if both checkboxes are checked
 *  v == ['B1', 'B2']
 *
 *  var v = $(':radio').fieldValue();
 *  // if neither radio is checked
 *  v === undefined
 *  // if first radio is checked
 *  v == ['C1']
 *
 * The successful argument controls whether or not the field element must be 'successful'
 * (per http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#successful-controls).
 * The default value of the successful argument is true.  If this value is false the value(s)
 * for each element is returned.
 *
 * Note: This method *always* returns an array.  If no valid value can be determined the
 *	   array will be empty, otherwise it will contain one or more values.
 */
$.fn.fieldValue = function(successful) {
	for (var val=[], i=0, max=this.length; i < max; i++) {
		var el = this[i];
		var v = $.fieldValue(el, successful);
		if (v === null || typeof v == 'undefined' || (v.constructor == Array && !v.length)) {
			continue;
		}
		v.constructor == Array ? $.merge(val, v) : val.push(v);
	}
	return val;
};

/**
 * Returns the value of the field element.
 */
$.fieldValue = function(el, successful) {
	var n = el.name, t = el.type, tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
	if (successful === undefined) {
		successful = true;
	}

	if (successful && (!n || el.disabled || t == 'reset' || t == 'button' ||
		(t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') && !el.checked ||
		(t == 'submit' || t == 'image') && el.form && el.form.clk != el ||
		tag == 'select' && el.selectedIndex == -1)) {
			return null;
	}

	if (tag == 'select') {
		var index = el.selectedIndex;
		if (index < 0) {
			return null;
		}
		var a = [], ops = el.options;
		var one = (t == 'select-one');
		var max = (one ? index+1 : ops.length);
		for(var i=(one ? index : 0); i < max; i++) {
			var op = ops[i];
			if (op.selected) {
				var v = op.value;
				if (!v) { // extra pain for IE...
					v = (op.attributes && op.attributes['value'] && !(op.attributes['value'].specified)) ? op.text : op.value;
				}
				if (one) {
					return v;
				}
				a.push(v);
			}
		}
		return a;
	}
	return $(el).val();
};

/**
 * Clears the form data.  Takes the following actions on the form's input fields:
 *  - input text fields will have their 'value' property set to the empty string
 *  - select elements will have their 'selectedIndex' property set to -1
 *  - checkbox and radio inputs will have their 'checked' property set to false
 *  - inputs of type submit, button, reset, and hidden will *not* be effected
 *  - button elements will *not* be effected
 */
$.fn.clearForm = function() {
	return this.each(function() {
		$('input,select,textarea', this).clearFields();
	});
};

/**
 * Clears the selected form elements.
 */
$.fn.clearFields = $.fn.clearInputs = function() {
	return this.each(function() {
		var t = this.type, tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
		if (t == 'text' || t == 'password' || tag == 'textarea') {
			this.value = '';
		}
		else if (t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') {
			this.checked = false;
		}
		else if (tag == 'select') {
			this.selectedIndex = -1;
		}
	});
};

/**
 * Resets the form data.  Causes all form elements to be reset to their original value.
 */
$.fn.resetForm = function() {
	return this.each(function() {
		// guard against an input with the name of 'reset'
		// note that IE reports the reset function as an 'object'
		if (typeof this.reset == 'function' || (typeof this.reset == 'object' && !this.reset.nodeType)) {
			this.reset();
		}
	});
};

/**
 * Enables or disables any matching elements.
 */
$.fn.enable = function(b) {
	if (b === undefined) {
		b = true;
	}
	return this.each(function() {
		this.disabled = !b;
	});
};

/**
 * Checks/unchecks any matching checkboxes or radio buttons and
 * selects/deselects and matching option elements.
 */
$.fn.selected = function(select) {
	if (select === undefined) {
		select = true;
	}
	return this.each(function() {
		var t = this.type;
		if (t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') {
			this.checked = select;
		}
		else if (this.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'option') {
			var $sel = $(this).parent('select');
			if (select && $sel[0] && $sel[0].type == 'select-one') {
				// deselect all other options
				$sel.find('option').selected(false);
			}
			this.selected = select;
		}
	});
};

// helper fn for console logging
// set $.fn.ajaxSubmit.debug to true to enable debug logging
function log() {
	if ($.fn.ajaxSubmit.debug) {
		var msg = '[jquery.form] ' + Array.prototype.join.call(arguments,'');
		if (window.console && window.console.log) {
			window.console.log(msg);
		}
		else if (window.opera && window.opera.postError) {
			window.opera.postError(msg);
		}
	}
};

})(jQuery);


/*
 * jQuery validation plug-in 1.7
 *
 * http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
 * http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 Jörn Zaefferer
 *
 * $Id: jquery.validate.js 6403 2009-06-17 14:27:16Z joern.zaefferer $
 *
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 */
(function($){$.extend($.fn,{validate:function(options){if(!this.length){options&&options.debug&&window.console&&console.warn("nothing selected, can't validate, returning nothing");return;}var validator=$.data(this[0],'validator');if(validator){return validator;}validator=new $.validator(options,this[0]);$.data(this[0],'validator',validator);if(validator.settings.onsubmit){this.find("input, button").filter(".cancel").click(function(){validator.cancelSubmit=true;});if(validator.settings.submitHandler){this.find("input, button").filter(":submit").click(function(){validator.submitButton=this;});}this.submit(function(event){if(validator.settings.debug)event.preventDefault();function handle(){if(validator.settings.submitHandler){if(validator.submitButton){var hidden=$("<input type='hidden'/>").attr("name",validator.submitButton.name).val(validator.submitButton.value).appendTo(validator.currentForm);}validator.settings.submitHandler.call(validator,validator.currentForm);if(validator.submitButton){hidden.remove();}return false;}return true;}if(validator.cancelSubmit){validator.cancelSubmit=false;return handle();}if(validator.form()){if(validator.pendingRequest){validator.formSubmitted=true;return false;}return handle();}else{validator.focusInvalid();return false;}});}return validator;},valid:function(){if($(this[0]).is('form')){return this.validate().form();}else{var valid=true;var validator=$(this[0].form).validate();this.each(function(){valid&=validator.element(this);});return valid;}},removeAttrs:function(attributes){var result={},$element=this;$.each(attributes.split(/\s/),function(index,value){result[value]=$element.attr(value);$element.removeAttr(value);});return result;},rules:function(command,argument){var element=this[0];if(command){var settings=$.data(element.form,'validator').settings;var staticRules=settings.rules;var existingRules=$.validator.staticRules(element);switch(command){case"add":$.extend(existingRules,$.validator.normalizeRule(argument));staticRules[element.name]=existingRules;if(argument.messages)settings.messages[element.name]=$.extend(settings.messages[element.name],argument.messages);break;case"remove":if(!argument){delete staticRules[element.name];return existingRules;}var filtered={};$.each(argument.split(/\s/),function(index,method){filtered[method]=existingRules[method];delete existingRules[method];});return filtered;}}var data=$.validator.normalizeRules($.extend({},$.validator.metadataRules(element),$.validator.classRules(element),$.validator.attributeRules(element),$.validator.staticRules(element)),element);if(data.required){var param=data.required;delete data.required;data=$.extend({required:param},data);}return data;}});$.extend($.expr[":"],{blank:function(a){return!$.trim(""+a.value);},filled:function(a){return!!$.trim(""+a.value);},unchecked:function(a){return!a.checked;}});$.validator=function(options,form){this.settings=$.extend(true,{},$.validator.defaults,options);this.currentForm=form;this.init();};$.validator.format=function(source,params){if(arguments.length==1)return function(){var args=$.makeArray(arguments);args.unshift(source);return $.validator.format.apply(this,args);};if(arguments.length>2&&params.constructor!=Array){params=$.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);}if(params.constructor!=Array){params=[params];}$.each(params,function(i,n){source=source.replace(new RegExp("\\{"+i+"\\}","g"),n);});return source;};$.extend($.validator,{defaults:{messages:{},groups:{},rules:{},errorClass:"error",validClass:"valid",errorElement:"label",focusInvalid:true,errorContainer:$([]),errorLabelContainer:$([]),onsubmit:true,ignore:[],ignoreTitle:false,onfocusin:function(element){this.lastActive=element;if(this.settings.focusCleanup&&!this.blockFocusCleanup){this.settings.unhighlight&&this.settings.unhighlight.call(this,element,this.settings.errorClass,this.settings.validClass);this.errorsFor(element).hide();}},onfocusout:function(element){if(!this.checkable(element)&&(element.name in this.submitted||!this.optional(element))){this.element(element);}},onkeyup:function(element){if(element.name in this.submitted||element==this.lastElement){this.element(element);}},onclick:function(element){if(element.name in this.submitted)this.element(element);else if(element.parentNode.name in this.submitted)this.element(element.parentNode);},highlight:function(element,errorClass,validClass){$(element).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);},unhighlight:function(element,errorClass,validClass){$(element).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);}},setDefaults:function(settings){$.extend($.validator.defaults,settings);},messages:{required:"This field is required.",remote:"Please fix this field.",email:"Please enter a valid email address.",url:"Please enter a valid URL.",date:"Please enter a valid date.",dateISO:"Please enter a valid date (ISO).",number:"Please enter a valid number.",digits:"Please enter only digits.",creditcard:"Please enter a valid credit card number.",equalTo:"Please enter the same value again.",accept:"Please enter a value with a valid extension.",maxlength:$.validator.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),minlength:$.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),rangelength:$.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),range:$.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),max:$.validator.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),min:$.validator.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")},autoCreateRanges:false,prototype:{init:function(){this.labelContainer=$(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);this.errorContext=this.labelContainer.length&&this.labelContainer||$(this.currentForm);this.containers=$(this.settings.errorContainer).add(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);this.submitted={};this.valueCache={};this.pendingRequest=0;this.pending={};this.invalid={};this.reset();var groups=(this.groups={});$.each(this.settings.groups,function(key,value){$.each(value.split(/\s/),function(index,name){groups[name]=key;});});var rules=this.settings.rules;$.each(rules,function(key,value){rules[key]=$.validator.normalizeRule(value);});function delegate(event){var validator=$.data(this[0].form,"validator"),eventType="on"+event.type.replace(/^validate/,"");validator.settings[eventType]&&validator.settings[eventType].call(validator,this[0]);}$(this.currentForm).validateDelegate(":text, :password, :file, select, textarea","focusin focusout keyup",delegate).validateDelegate(":radio, :checkbox, select, option","click",delegate);if(this.settings.invalidHandler)$(this.currentForm).bind("invalid-form.validate",this.settings.invalidHandler);},form:function(){this.checkForm();$.extend(this.submitted,this.errorMap);this.invalid=$.extend({},this.errorMap);if(!this.valid())$(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form",[this]);this.showErrors();return this.valid();},checkForm:function(){this.prepareForm();for(var i=0,elements=(this.currentElements=this.elements());elements[i];i++){this.check(elements[i]);}return this.valid();},element:function(element){element=this.clean(element);this.lastElement=element;this.prepareElement(element);this.currentElements=$(element);var result=this.check(element);if(result){delete this.invalid[element.name];}else{this.invalid[element.name]=true;}if(!this.numberOfInvalids()){this.toHide=this.toHide.add(this.containers);}this.showErrors();return result;},showErrors:function(errors){if(errors){$.extend(this.errorMap,errors);this.errorList=[];for(var name in errors){this.errorList.push({message:errors[name],element:this.findByName(name)[0]});}this.successList=$.grep(this.successList,function(element){return!(element.name in errors);});}this.settings.showErrors?this.settings.showErrors.call(this,this.errorMap,this.errorList):this.defaultShowErrors();},resetForm:function(){if($.fn.resetForm)$(this.currentForm).resetForm();this.submitted={};this.prepareForm();this.hideErrors();this.elements().removeClass(this.settings.errorClass);},numberOfInvalids:function(){return this.objectLength(this.invalid);},objectLength:function(obj){var count=0;for(var i in obj)count++;return count;},hideErrors:function(){this.addWrapper(this.toHide).hide();},valid:function(){return this.size()==0;},size:function(){return this.errorList.length;},focusInvalid:function(){if(this.settings.focusInvalid){try{$(this.findLastActive()||this.errorList.length&&this.errorList[0].element||[]).filter(":visible").focus().trigger("focusin");}catch(e){}}},findLastActive:function(){var lastActive=this.lastActive;return lastActive&&$.grep(this.errorList,function(n){return n.element.name==lastActive.name;}).length==1&&lastActive;},elements:function(){var validator=this,rulesCache={};return $([]).add(this.currentForm.elements).filter(":input").not(":submit, :reset, :image, [disabled]").not(this.settings.ignore).filter(function(){!this.name&&validator.settings.debug&&window.console&&console.error("%o has no name assigned",this);if(this.name in rulesCache||!validator.objectLength($(this).rules()))return false;rulesCache[this.name]=true;return true;});},clean:function(selector){return $(selector)[0];},errors:function(){return $(this.settings.errorElement+"."+this.settings.errorClass,this.errorContext);},reset:function(){this.successList=[];this.errorList=[];this.errorMap={};this.toShow=$([]);this.toHide=$([]);this.currentElements=$([]);},prepareForm:function(){this.reset();this.toHide=this.errors().add(this.containers);},prepareElement:function(element){this.reset();this.toHide=this.errorsFor(element);},check:function(element){element=this.clean(element);if(this.checkable(element)){element=this.findByName(element.name)[0];}var rules=$(element).rules();var dependencyMismatch=false;for(method in rules){var rule={method:method,parameters:rules[method]};try{var result=$.validator.methods[method].call(this,element.value.replace(/\r/g,""),element,rule.parameters);if(result=="dependency-mismatch"){dependencyMismatch=true;continue;}dependencyMismatch=false;if(result=="pending"){this.toHide=this.toHide.not(this.errorsFor(element));return;}if(!result){this.formatAndAdd(element,rule);return false;}}catch(e){this.settings.debug&&window.console&&console.log("exception occured when checking element "+element.id
+", check the '"+rule.method+"' method",e);throw e;}}if(dependencyMismatch)return;if(this.objectLength(rules))this.successList.push(element);return true;},customMetaMessage:function(element,method){if(!$.metadata)return;var meta=this.settings.meta?$(element).metadata()[this.settings.meta]:$(element).metadata();return meta&&meta.messages&&meta.messages[method];},customMessage:function(name,method){var m=this.settings.messages[name];return m&&(m.constructor==String?m:m[method]);},findDefined:function(){for(var i=0;i<arguments.length;i++){if(arguments[i]!==undefined)return arguments[i];}return undefined;},defaultMessage:function(element,method){return this.findDefined(this.customMessage(element.name,method),this.customMetaMessage(element,method),!this.settings.ignoreTitle&&element.title||undefined,$.validator.messages[method],"<strong>Warning: No message defined for "+element.name+"</strong>");},formatAndAdd:function(element,rule){var 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i=0,elements=this.validElements();elements[i];i++){this.settings.unhighlight.call(this,elements[i],this.settings.errorClass,this.settings.validClass);}}this.toHide=this.toHide.not(this.toShow);this.hideErrors();this.addWrapper(this.toShow).show();},validElements:function(){return this.currentElements.not(this.invalidElements());},invalidElements:function(){return $(this.errorList).map(function(){return this.element;});},showLabel:function(element,message){var 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this.groups[element.name]||(this.checkable(element)?element.name:element.id||element.name);},checkable:function(element){return/radio|checkbox/i.test(element.type);},findByName:function(name){var form=this.currentForm;return $(document.getElementsByName(name)).map(function(index,element){return element.form==form&&element.name==name&&element||null;});},getLength:function(value,element){switch(element.nodeName.toLowerCase()){case'select':return $("option:selected",element).length;case'input':if(this.checkable(element))return this.findByName(element.name).filter(':checked').length;}return value.length;},depend:function(param,element){return this.dependTypes[typeof param]?this.dependTypes[typeof param](param,element):true;},dependTypes:{"boolean":function(param,element){return param;},"string":function(param,element){return!!$(param,element.form).length;},"function":function(param,element){return 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value=$element.attr(method);if(value){rules[method]=value;}}if(rules.maxlength&&/-1|2147483647|524288/.test(rules.maxlength)){delete rules.maxlength;}return rules;},metadataRules:function(element){if(!$.metadata)return{};var meta=$.data(element.form,'validator').settings.meta;return meta?$(element).metadata()[meta]:$(element).metadata();},staticRules:function(element){var rules={};var validator=$.data(element.form,'validator');if(validator.settings.rules){rules=$.validator.normalizeRule(validator.settings.rules[element.name])||{};}return rules;},normalizeRules:function(rules,element){$.each(rules,function(prop,val){if(val===false){delete rules[prop];return;}if(val.param||val.depends){var keepRule=true;switch(typeof val.depends){case"string":keepRule=!!$(val.depends,element.form).length;break;case"function":keepRule=val.depends.call(element,element);break;}if(keepRule){rules[prop]=val.param!==undefined?val.param:true;}else{delete rules[prop];}}});$.each(rules,function(rule,parameter){rules[rule]=$.isFunction(parameter)?parameter(element):parameter;});$.each(['minlength','maxlength','min','max'],function(){if(rules[this]){rules[this]=Number(rules[this]);}});$.each(['rangelength','range'],function(){if(rules[this]){rules[this]=[Number(rules[this][0]),Number(rules[this][1])];}});if($.validator.autoCreateRanges){if(rules.min&&rules.max){rules.range=[rules.min,rules.max];delete rules.min;delete rules.max;}if(rules.minlength&&rules.maxlength){rules.rangelength=[rules.minlength,rules.maxlength];delete rules.minlength;delete rules.maxlength;}}if(rules.messages){delete rules.messages;}return rules;},normalizeRule:function(data){if(typeof data=="string"){var transformed={};$.each(data.split(/\s/),function(){transformed[this]=true;});data=transformed;}return 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mailchimp-minimal-form.html

<!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->
<form action="http://replace-with-your-URL-please.com" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate>
	<label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address</label>
	<input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL">
	<input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button">	
</form>
<div id="mce-responses" class="clear">
	<div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display:none"></div>
	<div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display:none"></div>
</div>
<!-- End MailChimp Signup Form -->

mailchimp-validation-include-conditional.php

<?php
/**
 * ENQUEUE SCRIPTS
 * This snippet goes in functions.php in your theme folder
 */
function custom_scripts_method() {
  if ( is_front_page() ) : // only on the static home page, pls
    wp_enqueue_script(
		  'mailchimp-validate',
		  '//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js',
		  array('jquery')
	  );
  endif;
}   
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_scripts_method');
?>

mailchimp-validation-include.php

<?php
/**
 * ENQUEUE SCRIPTS
 * This snippet goes in functions.php in your theme folder
 */
function custom_scripts_method() {
	wp_enqueue_script(
		'mailchimp-validate',
		'//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js',
		array('jquery')
	);
}   
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_scripts_method');
?>

If you're doing this with Shopify, the above will still work except instead of enqueuing the script you'd add it to the header (usually in theme.liquid) like so:

{{ '//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js' | script_tag }}

MailChimp has stopped providing the full script, so here's how to get the post-json URL for the script snippet (it has the same info as the form post URL):

Form Post URL

//accountname.us#.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=ABCD&id=123

Script options URL:

//accountname.us#.list-manage.com/subscribe/post-json?u=ABCD&id=123&c=?

Where you'll replace accountname, us#, ABCD and 123 with the relevant info for the account and list.

For some reason I keep having issues with the new form validation script so I added the old one here just for reference.

This is great, thanks for the write-up!