Final: AJAX/jQuery/PHP Form submission and modal box open on success

Question

Thanks to Samuel Liew and other great helpers, the issue has been fixed.

As putting everything here was a mess, and it was poorly explained in the overall solution, I de

Answer 1

In this case, move the dialog function outside of the submit function:

$(function() {
    $('#popup-wrapper').modalPopLite({
        openButton: '#clicker',
        closeButton: '#close-btn'
    });
    $('#contact-form').submit(function() {
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: $(this).attr('action'),
            data: $(this).serialize(),
            success: function() {
                $('#contact-form')[0].reset();
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});