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";
}