function set_cookie(name, value, expires)
{
if (!expires)
{
expires = new Date();
}
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() +  "; path=/";
}

function get_cookie(name)
{
cookie_name = name + "=";
cookie_length = document.cookie.length;
cookie_begin = 0;
while (cookie_begin < cookie_length)
{
value_begin = cookie_begin + cookie_name.length;
if (document.cookie.substring(cookie_begin, value_begin) == cookie_name)
{
var value_end = document.cookie.indexOf (";", value_begin);
if (value_end == -1)
{
value_end = cookie_length;
}
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(value_begin, value_end));
}
cookie_begin = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", cookie_begin) + 1;
if (cookie_begin == 0)
{
break;
}
}
return null;
}

function save_cookie(name, tmp) {
 expires = new Date(); 
 expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (24 * 3600*60 * 1)); 
 set_cookie(name, tmp, expires);
}