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

function set_Cookie_Path( name, value, expires, path) {
	// 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 : "" );
}

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