function setCookie(name, value, expires) {
 	var strCookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + ";";
	if (expires != "" && expires != null) strCookie += " expires=" + expires.toGMTString() + ";";
	strCookie += " path=/";
	document.cookie = strCookie;
}

function getCookie(name) {
	var dcookie = document.cookie; 
	var cname = name + "=";
	var clen = dcookie.length;
	var cbegin = 0;
	while (cbegin < clen) {
		var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
		if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname) { 
			var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";", vbegin);
			if (vend == -1) vend = clen;
			return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin, vend));
		}
		cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
		if (cbegin == 0) break;
	}
	return null;
}

function delCookie(name) {
	var expireNow = new Date();
	document.cookie = name + "=" + "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT" +  "; path=/";
}