// cookies functions
function getCookie(Name)
{
    var search = Name + "="
    var returnvalue = "";
    if (document.cookie.length > 0)
    {
        offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
        if (offset != -1)
        { // if cookie exists
            offset += search.length
            // set index of beginning of value
            end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
            // set index of end of cookie value
            if (end == -1)
                end = document.cookie.length;
            returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
        }
    }
    return returnvalue;
}

// expires in minutes
function setCookie (name, value, path, expires, domain, secure)
{
    var s = name + "=" + escape(value);

    if ( expires )
    {
        var today = new Date();
        today.setTime( today.getTime() );
        expires = expires * 1000 * 60;
        var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
        s = s + "; expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString();
    }

    s = s + 
        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");    
    
    document.cookie = s;
}


var g_bIE6 = /MSIE (5\.5|6).+Win/.test(navigator.userAgent);
function fixPNG(element)
{
 if (g_bIE6)
 {     
  var src;
  
  if((element.tagName=='IMG' || (element.tagName=='INPUT')) && (element.src!=''))  
  {    
      
     if (/\.png$/.test(element.src))
   {
    src = element.src;    
    element.src = "../img/blank.gif";    
   }
  }
  else
  {
   src = element.currentStyle.backgroundImage.match(/url\("(.+\.png)"\)/i)
   if (src)
   {
    src = src[1];
    element.runtimeStyle.backgroundImage="none";
   }
  }
  
  if (src) element.runtimeStyle.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "',sizingMethod='scale')";
 }
}
function fixPNG2(element)
{
 if (g_bIE6)
 {     
  var src;
  
  if((element.tagName=='IMG' || (element.tagName=='INPUT')) && (element.src!=''))  
  {    
      
     if (/\.png$/.test(element.src))
   {
    src = element.src;    
    element.src = "img/blank.gif";    
   }
  }
  else
  {
   src = element.currentStyle.backgroundImage.match(/url\("(.+\.png)"\)/i)
   if (src)
   {
    src = src[1];
    element.runtimeStyle.backgroundImage="none";
   }
  }
  
  if (src) element.runtimeStyle.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='" + src + "',sizingMethod='scale')";
 }
}