function Set_Cookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  // set time, it's in milliseconds
  var today = new Date();
  today.setTime(today.getTime());

  /*
  if the expires variable is set, make the correct
  expires time, the current script below will set
  it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
  delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
  */
  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() : "") +
((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
((secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}


function Get_Cookie(check_name) {
  // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
  // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
  var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
  var a_temp_cookie = '';
  var cookie_name = '';
  var cookie_value = '';
  var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

  for (i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++) {
    // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
    a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split('=');


    // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
    cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

    // if the extracted name matches passed check_name
    if (cookie_name == check_name) {
      b_cookie_found = true;
      // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
      if (a_temp_cookie.length > 1) {
        cookie_value = unescape(a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''));
      }
      // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
      return cookie_value;
      break;
    }
    a_temp_cookie = null;
    cookie_name = '';
  }
  if (!b_cookie_found) {
    return null;
  }
}