/*
only the first 2 parameters are required, the cookie name, the cookie
value. Cookie time is in milliseconds, so the below expires will make the
number you pass in the Set_Cookie function call the number of days the cookie
lasts, if you want it to be hours or minutes, just get rid of 24 and 60.

Generally you don't need to worry about domain, path or secure for most applications
so unless you need that, leave those parameters blank in the function call.
*/
function 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;
   }
   //alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only
   var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
   //alert('expires ' + expires_date.toGMTString());// this is for testing purposes only

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