function readIt(name)
	{
		alert('The value of the cookie is ' + readCookie(name));
	}


	function createCookie(name,value,days)
	{
		if (days)
		{
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	}

	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 c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	}

	function eraseCookie(name)
	{
		createCookie(name,"",-1);
	}



    //SET COOKIE IF NOT ONE

	var url = document.location.href;
	var point = 0;

	// look for referrer on the query string
	var query = location.search.substring(1);
	var referer = '';
	var pairs = query.split("-_-");
	for(var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++)
	{
	    var pos = pairs[i].indexOf('=');
	    if (pos == -1) continue;
		var argname = pairs[i].substring(0,pos);
	    if (argname == "cm_mmc")
	    {
		referer = pairs[i].substring(pos+1);
		point = 1; // hangover from old code
	    }
	}

	var newdate = new Date();
	var rday = newdate.getDate();
	var rmonth = newdate.getMonth()+1;
	var ryear = newdate.getFullYear();
	var rhour = newdate.getHours();
	var rmin = newdate.getMinutes();

	var rdate =  rday + "/" + rmonth + "/" + ryear + " " + rhour + ":" + rmin;
	
	var x = readCookie('Referal_Cookie');

	if (x) // COOKIE EXISTS
	{	
		if (point > 0)
		{
			createCookie ('Referal_Cookie', referer, 365);
			createCookie ('Referal_Date_Cookie', rdate, 365);
		}
	}
	else  // NO COOKIE
	{
		if (point > 0)
		{
			createCookie ('Referal_Cookie', referer, 365);
			createCookie ('Referal_Date_Cookie', rdate, 365);
		}
		else
		{
			createCookie ('Referal_Cookie', 'none', 365);
			createCookie ('Referal_Date_Cookie', rdate, 365);
		} 		
	}