<!--

   function getCookie( 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 ) ); }

   function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
      var today = new Date();

      today.setTime( today.getTime() );

      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() : '' ) + // 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'; }

//-->