function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {

        var today = new Date();
        today.setTime( today.getTime() );

        if ( expires ) {
                expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
        }

        if ( path == null | path == '' ) { path = '/' };
        if ( domain == null | domain == '' ) { domain = '' };
        if ( secure == null | secure == '' ) { secure = '' };

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

}