//Function to set a cookie and start tracking referral source
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*1;
	}
	//alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	//alert('expires ' + expires_date.toGMTString());// this is for testing purposes only

	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
		( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.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 ) );
}