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) );
  
  var cookieStr = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
  ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
  ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
  ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
  ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
  

  
  document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
  ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
  ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
  ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
  ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );


}

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;                                                                                
	}                                                                                                   
}


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";

}