function GetCookie( check_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 == check_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;
	}
}

/*
only the first 2 parameters are required, the cookie name, the cookie
value. Cookie time is in milliseconds, so the below expires will make the 
number you pass in the Set_Cookie function call the number of days the cookie
lasts, if you want it to be hours or minutes, just get rid of 24 and 60.

Generally you do not need to worry about domain, path or secure for most applications
so unless you need that, leave those parameters blank in the function call.
*/
function SetCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );

	if ( expires )
	{
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;  // days
	}
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
		( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString()
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

function DeleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
	if ( GetCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
			( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
			( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
			";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}