function setCookie(name, value)
{
	var now = new Date();
	now.setTime(now.getTime() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365)
	
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+";expires="+now;
	
	//alert("cookie written: "+name+"/"+value+"/"+now);
}

function getCookie(name) {
	if (document.cookie) {
		var cookies=document.cookie.split(";");
		for (var i=0; i<cookies.length; i++) {
		  var varName=(cookies[i].split("=")[0]);
		  var varValue=(cookies[i].split("=")[1]);

		  while (varName.charAt(0)==" ")
			varName=varName.substr(1,varName.length);

		  // the escape() function will url encode the value				
		  if (varName==name)
			//alert("cookie found: "+varName+"/"+varValue);
			return escape(varValue);
		}
	}
	return " ";
}