// from http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
	var exdate=new Date()
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays)
	document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString())
}

function getCookie(c_name)
	{
	if (document.cookie.length>0)
	  {
	  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=")
	  if (c_start!=-1)
		{ 
		c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1 
		c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start)
		if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length
		return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end))
		} 
	  }
	return ""
}