// from http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Programming/Scripter/111997/

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
	((expires == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString()) +
	((path == null) ? "" : "; path=" + path) +
	((domain == null) ? "" : "; domain=" + domain) +
	((secure == null) ? "" : "; secure");
}

function getCookie(name) {
	var cname = name + "=";
	var dc = document.cookie;
	if (dc.length > 0) {
		begin = dc.indexOf(cname);
		if (begin != -1) {
			begin += cname.length;
			end = dc.indexOf(";", begin);
			if (end == -1) end = dc.length;
				return unescape(dc.substring(begin,end));
		}
	}
}