function setCookie( name, value, expiredays ){ 
	var todayDate = new Date(); 
	todayDate.setDate( todayDate.getDate() + expiredays ); 
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape( value ) + "; path=/; expires=" + todayDate.toGMTString() + ";" 
}	// function setCookie( name, value, expiredays ) 

function getCookie(name){
	var nameOfCookie = name + "=";	
	var x = 0;
	while ( x <= document.cookie.length ){
		var y = (x+nameOfCookie.length);
		if ( document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie ) {
			if ( (endOfCookie=document.cookie.indexOf( ";", y )) == -1 )
				endOfCookie = document.cookie.length;

			return unescape( document.cookie.substring( y, endOfCookie ) );
		}	// if ( document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie ) {
			x = document.cookie.indexOf( " ", x ) + 1;
			if ( x == 0 )	break;
	}	// while ( x <= document.cookie.length )
		return "";
}	// function getCookie(name)