function getCookie(name) { 
	var search = name + "=";
	var returnvalue = "";
	if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
		offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
		if (offset != -1) { 
			offset += search.length;
			end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
			if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
			returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end));
		}
	}
	return returnvalue;
}

function setCookie(name,value,minutes,path){
	if (minutes && minuten != null) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(minutes*60*1000));
		var expires = date.toGMTString();
	} else {
		var nextyear = new Date( );
		nextyear.setFullYear(nextyear.getFullYear( ) + 1);
		var expires =  nextyear.toGMTString();
	}
	path = (path)?"path="+path+";":"";
	document.cookie=name+'='+value+";"+path+"expires=" +expires;
}