// set cookie
// example
// setCookie( "Notice", "done" , 1); 
function setCookie( name, value, expiredays )
{
	var todayDate = new Date();
	todayDate.setDate( todayDate.getDate() + expiredays );
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape( value ) + "; path=/; expires=" + todayDate.toGMTString() + ";"
}
 
// read cookie
// example
// getCookie( "Notice" );
function getCookie( name ) 
{
	var nameOfCookie = name + "=";
	var x = 0;
	while ( x <= document.cookie.length )
	{
		var y = (x+nameOfCookie.length);
		if ( document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie ) { 
			if ( (endOfCookie=document.cookie.indexOf( ";", y )) == -1 )
				endOfCookie = document.cookie.length;
			return unescape( document.cookie.substring( y, endOfCookie ) );
		}
		x = document.cookie.indexOf( " ", x ) + 1;
		if ( x == 0 )
		break;
	}
	return "";
}