// ================================== Cookie routines ===========================================

  var bites;
  
  function getCookie(name) { 
    for (var i=0; i < bites.length; i++) {
      nextbite = bites[i].split("="); 
      if (nextbite[0] == name) 
        return unescape(nextbite[1]); 
    }
    return null;
  }

  function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
  }