function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
    // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
    // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
    var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
    var a_temp_cookie = '';
    var cookie_name = '';
    var cookie_value = '';
    var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
    for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
    {
	    // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
	    a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
	    // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
	    cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
	    // if the extracted name matches passed check_name
	    if ( cookie_name == check_name )
	    {
		    b_cookie_found = true;
		    // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
		    if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
		    {
			    cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
		    }
		    // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
		    return cookie_value;
		    break;
	    }
	    a_temp_cookie = null;
	    cookie_name = '';
    }
    if ( !b_cookie_found )
    {
	    return null;
    }
}

function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
    // set time, it's in milliseconds
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

    if ( expires )
    {
        expires = expires * 1000 * 60;
    }
    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" : "" );
}