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


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

	var i = 0;
	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";
}


function isCookieValid(name)
{
	if(Get_Cookie(name) == null)
	{
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		return true;
	}
}


/**************/
function createCookie(name, value, days)
{
    if (days)
    {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
        var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name)
{
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++)
    {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
    }
    return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name)
{
    createCookie(name, "", -1);
}