function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

    // passed in expires is in days, so convert to milis
    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" : "" );
}

function getCookie( name )
{
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false;
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ){
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
		if ( cookie_name == name ){
			b_cookie_found = true;
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 ){
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found ){
		return null;
	}
}