function Get_Cookie(name) {
    var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
    var len = start+name.length+1;
    if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))) return null;
    if (start == -1) return null;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
    if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function Set_Cookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
        ( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
        ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") + 
        ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
        ( (secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}

function Delete_Cookie(name,path,domain) {
    if (Get_Cookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
        ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
        ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
        ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}


function testCookies() {
   returnval = false;
   Set_Cookie("testCookie", "true");
   if ( Get_Cookie("testCookie") == "true" ) {
      returnval = true;
      Delete_Cookie("testCookie");
   }
   return returnval;
}

alertcounter = 0;
function checkCookies() {
   if (alertcounter == 0) {
      alertcounter = 1;
      if ( testCookies() == false) {
         alert('We have detected that you have disabled session cookies.\nIn order to log in on Candystand, you must enable your session cookies.');
      }
   }
}