function setCookie(name, value, expires)
{
 var expireDate = new Date();
 expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate() + expires);
 document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + "; expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString() +  "; path=/";
}

function getCookie(name)
{
 if(document.cookie.length > 0)
   {
    var cookie_start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + "=");
    if(cookie_start != -1)
      {
       cookie_start = ((cookie_start + name.length) + 1);
       var cookie_end   = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookie_start);
       if ( cookie_end == -1) {cookie_end = document.cookie.length;}
       return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookie_start, cookie_end));
      }
    }
 return false;
}