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" : "" );
}


// this function gets the cookie, if it exists
function Get_Cookie( name ) {
  var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
  var len = 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( ";", len );
  if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}


// this deletes the cookie when called
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";
}


function Test_Cookies() {
  Set_Cookie( 'test', 'none', '', '/', '', '' );
  // if Get_Cookie succeeds, cookies are enabled, since 
  //the cookie was successfully created.
  if (!Get_Cookie('test')) return false;
  Delete_Cookie('test', '/', '');
  return true;
}