var current_date = new Date;
    var cookie_year = current_date.getFullYear ( ) + 1;
    var cookie_month = current_date.getMonth ( );
    var cookie_day = current_date.getDate ( );

function set_cookie ( name, value, exp_y, exp_m, exp_d, path, domain, secure )
{
	
var cookie_string = name + "=" + escape ( value );
	
  if ( exp_y )
  {
    var expires = new Date ( exp_y, exp_m, exp_d );
    cookie_string += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
  }

  if ( path )
        cookie_string += "; path=" + escape ( path );

  if ( domain )
        cookie_string += "; domain=" + escape ( domain );
  
  if ( secure )
        cookie_string += "; secure";
  
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
  
  }
  
  
// -------------GET 
  
function get_cookie ( cookie_name )
{
  var results = document.cookie.match ( '(^|;) ?' + cookie_name + '=([^;]*)(;|$)' );

  if ( results )
    return ( unescape ( results[2] ) );
  else
    return null;
}