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


function getCookie( name ) {
	var nameOfCookie = name + "=";
	var x = 0;

	while ( x <= document.cookie.length ) {
		var y = (x+nameOfCookie.length);
		if ( document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie ) {
			if ( (endOfCookie=document.cookie.indexOf( ";", y )) == -1 )
		 		endOfCookie = document.cookie.length;
			return unescape( document.cookie.substring( y, endOfCookie ) );
		}
	
		x = document.cookie.indexOf( " ", x ) + 1;
	
		if ( x == 0 )
	 		break;
	}

	return "";
}   
