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 fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
//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;
 }
}