<!--
function Set_Cookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
	// set time, it's in milliseconds
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime(today.getTime());

	/*
	if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
	expires time, the current script below will set 
	it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
	delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
	*/
	if (expires) {
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
	}
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
	(( expires) ? "; expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "") + 
	(( path) ? "; path=" + path : "; path=/") + 
	(( domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
	(( secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

// this function gets the cookie, if it exists
function Get_Cookie(name) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
	var len = start + name.length + 1;
	if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0, name.length))) {
		return null;
	}
	if ( start == -1 ) return null;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
	if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
}
// this deletes the cookie when called
function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
	if (Get_Cookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
	((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
	(( domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
	";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}
// -->