High marks for user friendliness in the UI look (based on your screen shot above). Sharp.
I'm with Michael... what about always showing your "fields marked with a star(*) are mandatory" in this space (the space where the error appears), inculd it automatically with the help of an onLoad event listener and then swapp that to the caution symbol / error message when validation fails? You can even keep your fade to draw attention.
High marks for user friendliness in the UI look (based on your screen shot above). Sharp.
I'm with Michael... what about always showing your "fields marked with a star(*) are mandatory" in this space (the space where the error appears), inculd it automatically with the help of an onLoad event listener and then swapp that to the caution symbol / error message when validation fails? You can even keep your fade to draw attention.