var cookie = 
{
	set: function( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
	{
		// set time, it's in milliseconds
		var today = new Date();
		today.setTime( today.getTime() );

		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" : "" );	
	},
	get: function( 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 ) );
	},
	del: function( name, path, domain )
	{
		if ( cookie.get( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
	}
}