function createCookie(name,value,minutes) {
    if (minutes) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime()+(minutes*60*1000));
        var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";

    cookieStr = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/; domain=.familylife.com";
    document.cookie = cookieStr;

}

function readCookie(name) {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return unescape(c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length));
    }
    return null;
}

/* Set/Read cookie versions with escaped values (for Safari issues) */
function createCookie_escaped(name,value,expires,path,theDomain,secure) { 
   value = escape(value);
   var theCookie = name + '=' + value + 
   ((expires)    ? '; expires=' + expires.toGMTString() : '') + 
   ((path)       ? '; path='    + path   : '') + 
   ((theDomain)  ? '; domain='  + theDomain : '') + 
   ((secure)     ? '; secure'            : ''); 
   document.cookie = theCookie;
} 

function readCookie_escaped(name) {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return unescape(c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length));
    }
    return null;
}




function eraseCookie(name) {
   if (readCookie_escaped(name)){
	   document.cookie = name + "=;expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
   }

}