function getCookie(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 setCookie(name,value,expires) {
    expires = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 30 * (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); 
    path = "/";
    domain = "spball.com";
    secure = "";
    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
        (expires ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "")+
        ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
        ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
        ( (secure) ? ";secure" : "");
  }

  function writeCookie(name, value) { 
	var expire = ""; 
	var hours = 365;
	expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000); 
	expire = ";path=/;expires=" + expire.toGMTString(); 
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire; 
  }

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

  function setCookie(name,value) {
    setCookie(name,value,"0");
  }