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" : "");
    }

    // this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
    // with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
    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;
        }
    }

    // this deletes the cookie when called
    function Delete_Cookie(name, path, domain) {
        if (Get_Cookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
    }