// readCookie("myCookie");
// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);


function readCookie(name)
{
	var cookieValue = "";
	var search = name + "=";

	if(document.cookie.length > 0)
	{ 
		offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
		if (offset != -1)
		{ 
			offset += search.length;
			end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
			
			if (end == -1) {
				end = document.cookie.length;
			}
			cookieValue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end));
		}
	}	
	return cookieValue;
}

function writeCookie(name, value, hours)
{

	var expire = "";
	
	if(hours != null)
	{
		expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
		expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
	}
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;
}