function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
expires time, the current script below will set 
it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

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

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(l,c.length);

if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);

}

return null;

}



   function cac() {

       // quit if this function has already been called

       if (arguments.callee.done) return;



       // flag this function so we don't do the same thing twice

       arguments.callee.done = true;



       //recreate comments autologin cookie
	var cVal=document.getElementById("sidVal").value;

	//alert(cVal);
	//Set_Cookie('phpbb2mysql_sid',cVal,0,'/','www.macobserver.com','');
	//Set_Cookie('phpbb2mysql_sid',cVal,0,'/','.macobserver.com','');

	//document.cookie='myphpbb2mysql_sid='+cVal+'; expires=0; path=/';

   };



   /* for Mozilla */

   if (document.addEventListener) {

       document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", cac, false);

   }



   /* for other browsers */

   window.onload = cac;