function setCookie (name, value) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    "; path=/";
}

function getCookie (name) {
    var dcookie = document.cookie; 
    var cname = name + "=";
    var clen = dcookie.length;
    var cbegin = 0;
        while (cbegin < clen) {
        var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
            if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname) { 
            var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";", vbegin);
                if (vend == -1) vend = clen;
            return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin, vend));
            }
        cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
            if (cbegin == 0) break;
        }
    return null;
}