function getCookie(cookieName) {
	if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
		var cIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName+"=");
		if (cIndex != -1) {
			cIndex += cookieName.length + 1;
			var cLength = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cIndex);
			if (cLength == -1) {
				cLength = document.cookie.length;
			}
			return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cIndex, cLength)); 
		}
	}
	return null;
}



function delCookie (cookieName) {
	if (getCookie(cookieName)) {
		document.cookie = cookieName + "=" + "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
	}
}

function setCookie( name, value, expires) {
	var domain = '.hometownlocator.com';
	var path = '/';
	var exp = "";

	// set time, it's in milliseconds
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );

	if (expires) {
		var ExpireDate = new Date ();
		ExpireDate.setTime(ExpireDate.getTime() + (expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
		exp = ExpireDate.toGMTString();
	}
	
	var cookieStr = name + "=" +escape(value) + "; expires=" + exp + ";path=" + path + ";domain=" + domain;
	document.cookie = cookieStr;
}