var cookiesOn = false;

function cookiesOfforOn(){
	if ((document.cookie != '') || (document.cookie != null) || (document.cookie != 'null')){
		cTemp = '';
		SetCookie('cookies_on','yes',null,'/');
		cTemp = getCookie('cookies_on');
		if(cTemp == 'yes'){
			cookiesOn = true;
			//alert('Cookies: ' + cookiesOn);
		}else if(cTemp != 'yes'){
			cookiesOn = false;
			//alert('Cookies: ' + cookiesOn);
		}
	}else{
		cookiesOn = false;
		//alert('Cookies: ' + cookiesOn);
	}
}

function SetCookie(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 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}

function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
  if (getCookie(name)) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + 
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
  }
}