function writeSessionCookie (cookieName, cookieValue) {
  if (testSessionCookie()) {
    document.cookie = escape(cookieName) + "=" + escape(cookieValue) + "; path=/";
    return true;
  }
  else return false;
}


function getCookieValue (cookieName) {
  var exp = new RegExp (escape(cookieName) + "=([^;]+)");
  if (exp.test (document.cookie + ";")) {
    exp.exec (document.cookie + ";");
    return unescape(RegExp.$1);
  }
  else return false;
}


function testSessionCookie () {
  document.cookie ="testSessionCookie=Enabled";
  if (getCookieValue ("testSessionCookie")=="Enabled")
    return true 
  else
    return false;
}



function testPersistentCookie () {
  writePersistentCookie ("testPersistentCookie", "Enabled", "minutes", 1);
  if (getCookieValue ("testPersistentCookie")=="Enabled")
    return true  
  else 
    return false;
}



function writePersistentCookie (CookieName, CookieValue, periodType, offset) {

  var expireDate = new Date ();
  offset = offset / 1;
  
  var myPeriodType = periodType;
  switch (myPeriodType.toLowerCase()) {
    case "years":
      expireDate.setYear(expireDate.getFullYear()+offset);
      break;
    case "months":
      expireDate.setMonth(expireDate.getMonth()+offset);
      break;
    case "days":
      expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+offset);
      break;
    case "hours":
      expireDate.setHours(expireDate.getHours()+offset);
      break;
    case "minutes":
      expireDate.setMinutes(expireDate.getMinutes()+offset);
      break;
    default:
      alert ("Invalid periodType parameter for writePersistentCookie()");
      break;
  } 
  
  document.cookie = escape(CookieName ) + "=" + escape(CookieValue) + "; expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
}  



function deleteCookie (cookieName) {

  if (getCookieValue (cookieName)) writePersistentCookie (cookieName,"Pending delete","years", -1);  
  return true;     
}


function getBanner(){
	var total_weight = 0;
	var i = 0;
	
	for ( var i = 0; i < arBanner.length; i++ )
		if ( i != inLastBanner ) total_weight += arBanner[i][3];
	
	inRand = get_random(total_weight);
	
	i = -1 ;
	while ( inRand >= 0 ){
		i += 1;			
		if ( i != inLastBanner ) inRand -= arBanner[i][3];
	}
	
	return i;			
};

function get_random( inTop ) {
	var ranNum= Math.floor(Math.random() * inTop );
	return ranNum;
};

shuffle = function(o){ //v1.0
	for(var j, x, i = o.length; i; j = parseInt(Math.random() * i), x = o[--i], o[i] = o[j], o[j] = x);
	return o;
};