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' : '' );
}
		
// 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';
}