function Get_Cookie(name) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + '=');
	var length = 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(';', length);
	if(end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
	if(end == start) return '';

	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(length, end));
}

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 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';
}

/*
returns an array of cookie values from a single cookie
*/
function get_sub_cookies(cookie){
	var cookies = new Array();
	var end ='';
	if(cookie && cookie != ''){
		end = cookie.indexOf('#')
		while(end > -1){
			var cur = cookie.substring(0, end);
			cookie = cookie.substring(end + 1, cookie.length);
			
			var name = cur.substring(0, cur.indexOf('='));
			var value = cur.substring(cur.indexOf('=') + 1, cur.length);
			cookies[name] = value;
			
			end = cookie.indexOf('#')
		}
	}
	return cookies;
}

function subs_to_cookie(cookies){
	var cookie = '';
		for (var i in cookies) {
			cookie += i  + '=' + cookies[i] + '#';
		}
	return cookie;
}