you really don't need much knowledge to use this script, it's pretty much plug and play, but we'll explain it's main part and how to use them anyway. If you have specific questions, please post them in our?Javascript Forum?and we will answer them there.

Set Cookie Javascript Function

You need to put the name and values in quotes when you call the function, like this:
Set_Cookie( 'mycookie', 'visited 9 times', 30, '/', '', '' );. Don't forget to put in empty quotes for the unused parameters or you'll get an error when you run the code. This makes the cookie named 'mycookie', with the value of 'visited 9 times', and with a life of 30 days, and the cookie is set to your root folder.

The Set_Cookie values for 'domain' and 'secure' are not utilized. Use 'domain' on the Javascript cookie if you are using it on a subdomain, like widgets.yoursite.com, where the cookie is set on the widgets subdomain, but you need it to be accessible over the whole yoursite.com domain.

It's good practice to not assume the path to the site root will be set the way you want it by default, so do this manually as a rule, '/'. If no value is set for expires, it will only last as long as the current session of the visitor, and will be automatically deleted when they close their browser.

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;
}
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" : "" );
}
			

This will set the cookie. It's the most complicated part, but actually for most purposes all you need to set are the first 4 parameters, name, value, expires, and path. If you want the cookie available only in one folder, you will need to add '/folder_name/' as a path variable, that tells the script to set the cookie for the just that path, not for the whole domain.

As a good general rule, set the path to '/', the root of your website. Generally 'domain' and 'secure' are not something you will be needing to use unless you set the cookie on a subdomain, in which case you may want to set the domain to your primary domain if you want it to be accessible from the main domain, or other subdomains.

Get Cookie Javascript Function

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
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