//	********* SET COOKIE ***********
function MktSetCookie( name, value, expires ) 
{
	if(expires.length <1 || expires == "0")expires = "1096";
	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" : "" );
}


//	********* GET COOKIE ***********
function MktGetCookie( name ) {
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed name
		if ( cookie_name == name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
}


//	********* DELETE COOKIE ***********
function MktDelCookie( name ) 
{
	path = "/";
	domain = "";
	
	if ( MktGetCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
	( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "/") +
	( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
	";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

//	********* APPEND COOKIE ***********
function MktAppendCookie( name, value ) 
{
	cookieNewValue = MktGetCookie(name);
	if ( MktGetCookie( name ) ) 
	{
		cookieNewValue = cookieNewValue + value;
		MktSetCookie( name, cookieNewValue, cookieExpires );	
	}
}