function setCookie(name, value, expires) {
    var deCookie = name + "=" + escape(value);
    if(expires){
        expires= expires.toGMTString();
        deCookie += "; expires="; 
        deCookie += expires; 
    }
    document.cookie = deCookie;
}

//----------------------------------------------------------

function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  }
  else begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

//---------------------------------------------------------- 

function delCookie(name){
 expires = new Date(1970,1,1);
 expires = expires.toGMTString();
 deCookie = name
 deCookie += "=delete; expires=";
 deCookie += expires;
 document.cookie = deCookie;
}