// Example:
// alert( readCookie("myCookie") );
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;
}

// Example:
// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);
// Stores the string "my name" in the cookie "myCookie" which expires after 24 hours.
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;
}