//cookie functions
function GetCookie(name){
 var result = null;
 var myCookie = ' '+document.cookie+';';
 var searchName = ' '+name+'=';
 var soc = myCookie.indexOf(searchName);
 var eoc;
 if (soc != -1) {
 soc += searchName.length;
 eoc = myCookie.indexOf(';',soc);
 result = unescape(myCookie.substring(soc,eoc));}
 return result;
}

function setCookie(name,value){
 document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value);}