function getCookie(Name){ 
	var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
	
	if (document.cookie.match(re)){ //if cookie found
		return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
	}
	return ""
}

function setCookie(name, value){
	document.cookie = name+"="+value + ";path=/" //cookie value is domain wide (path=/)
}