jQuery.validator.addMethod("passwordA", function(value, element) {
	var pwd = jQuery.trim(value);

        var illegalChars = /[\W_]/; // allow only letters and numbers

        if (pwd.length < 6 || pwd.length > 16  ) return false;
        else if (illegalChars.test(pwd)) return false;
        else if ( pwd.search(/[a-z]+/i) == -1 || pwd.search(/[0-9]+/) == -1 ) return false;

        return true;
}, "");
jQuery.validator.addMethod("passwordB", function(value, element) {
	var pwd = jQuery.trim(value);
        if(pwd=="") return true;

        var illegalChars = /[\W_]/; // allow only letters and numbers

        if (pwd.length < 6 || pwd.length > 16  ) return false;
        else if (illegalChars.test(pwd)) return false;
        else if ( pwd.search(/[a-z]+/i) == -1 || pwd.search(/[0-9]+/) == -1 ) return false;

        return true;
}, "");