function setCookie(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));

	var cookieContent = "";
	cookieContent = cookieContent + name + "=" + escape(value);
	cookieContent = cookieContent + ((expires) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "");
	cookieContent = cookieContent + ((path) ? ";path=" + path : "");
	cookieContent = cookieContent + ((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "");
	cookieContent = cookieContent + ((secure) ? ";secure" : "");
	document.cookie = cookieContent;
}

function getCookie(name) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
	var len = start + name.length + 1;
	if ((!start ) && (name!=document.cookie.substring(0,name.length)) ) { return null; }
	if (start==-1) { return null; }
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
	if (end==-1) { end = document.cookie.length; }
	return unescape( document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function deleteCookie(name,path,domain) {
	if (getCookie(name)) {
		var cookieContent = "";
		cookieContent = cookieContent + name + "=";
		cookieContent = cookieContent + ((path) ? ";path=" + path : "");
		cookieContent = cookieContent + ((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" );
		cookieContent = cookieContent + ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
		document.cookie = cookieContent;
	}
}