function pglp_set_cookie(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));

	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) + ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) + ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );

}

function pglp_get_cookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	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 check_name
	if (cookie_name == check_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;
	}
}