function setCookie(name, value)
         {
         //If name is the empty string, it places a ; at the beginning
         //of document.cookie, causing clearCookies() to malfunction.
         //Sets a cookie valid for 100 days.
         exp_date = new Date();
         exp_date.setDate(exp_date.getDate()+100);
         expires = '; expires='+ exp_date.toGMTString();

         if(name != '')
           document.cookie = name+'='+value+expires+'; path=/';
         }


function getCookie(name)
         {
         //Without this, it will return the first value 
         //in document.cookie when name is the empty string.
         if(name == '')
            return('');
         
         name_index = document.cookie.indexOf(name + '=');
         
         if(name_index == -1)
            return('');
         
         cookie_value =  document.cookie.substr(name_index + name.length + 1, 
                                                document.cookie.length);
         
         //All cookie name-value pairs end with a semi-colon, except the last one.
         end_of_cookie = cookie_value.indexOf(';');
         if(end_of_cookie != -1)
            cookie_value = cookie_value.substr(0, end_of_cookie);

         //Restores all the blank spaces.
         space = cookie_value.indexOf('+');
         while(space != -1)
              { 
              cookie_value = cookie_value.substr(0, space) + ' ' + 
              cookie_value.substr(space + 1, cookie_value.length);
							 
              space = cookie_value.indexOf('+');
              }

         return(cookie_value);
         }

function clearCookie(name)
         {                  
         expires = new Date();
         expires.setYear(expires.getYear() - 1);

         document.cookie = name + '=null' + '; expires=' + expires; 		 
         }
         
function clearCookies()
         {
         Cookies = document.cookie;
         Cookie = Cookies;
         expires = new Date();
         expires.setYear(expires.getYear() - 1);

         while(Cookie.length > 0)
              {
              //All cookie name-value pairs end with a semi-colon, except the last one.
              Cookie = Cookies.substr(0, Cookies.indexOf(';'));
              Cookies = Cookies.substr(Cookies.indexOf(';') + 1, Cookies.length);

              if(Cookie != '')
                 document.cookie = Cookie + '; expires=' + expires;
              else
                 document.cookie = Cookies + '; expires=' + expires;			  			  	  
              }		 		 
         }
         
 function calendarSearchURL()
	  {
	  date = new Date();
	  date.setDate(date.getDate() - 300);
	  searchURL = 'http://www.canadianponyclub.org/cgi-bin/bclm/artman/exec/search.cgi?';
	  constParams = 'template=search%2Fcalendar.html&perpage=200&fields=art_field2&keyword=1';
	  dateParams = '&day=' + date.getDate() + '&mon='+ (date.getMonth() + 1) + '&year=' + date.getFullYear();
	  catParams = '&cat=37,36,1,44,48' +  getCookie('branch_cat'); 
	  return(searchURL + constParams + dateParams + catParams);
	  }
	  
 function classifiedsSearchURL()
	  {
	  date = new Date();
	  date.setDate(date.getDate() - 300);
	  searchURL = 'http://www.canadianponyclub.org/cgi-bin/bclm/artman/exec/search.cgi?';
	  constParams = 'template=search%2Fclassifieds.html&perpage=200&fields=';
	  dateParams = '&day=' + date.getDate() + '&mon='+ (date.getMonth() + 1) + '&year=' + date.getFullYear();
	  catParams = '&cat=49'; 
	  return(searchURL + constParams + dateParams + catParams);
	  }