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 : "" ) + 
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}


// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function Get_Cookie(check_name)
{
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for (i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++)
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split('=');
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if (cookie_name == check_name)
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if (a_temp_cookie.length > 1)
			{
				cookie_value = unescape(a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''));
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if (!b_cookie_found)
	{
		return null;
	}
}				
		
		
// this function gets the cookie, if it exists
// don't use this, it's weak and does not handle some cases
// correctly, this is just to maintain legacy information
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";
}



/*
// remember, these are the possible parameters for Set_Cookie:
// name, value, expires, path, domain, secure
Set_Cookie( 'test', 'it works', '', '/', '', '' );
if ( Get_Cookie( 'test' ) ) alert( Get_Cookie('test'));
// and these are the parameters for Delete_Cookie:
// name, path, domain
// make sure you use the same parameters in Set and Delete Cookie.
Delete_Cookie('test', '/', '');
( Get_Cookie( 'test' ) ) ? alert( Get_Cookie('test')) : 
alert( 'it is gone');
*/


/***************************************************************************/

function cset(cookie, value)
{
	Set_Cookie(cookie, value, '', '/', '', '');
}

function cget(cookie)
{
	return Get_Cookie(cookie);
}