function getCookie( name ) { 

   var nameOfCookie = name + "=";

   var x = 0;
   while ( x <= document.cookie.length ) {

    var y = ( x + nameOfCookie.length );

    if ( document.cookie.substring( x, y ) == nameOfCookie ) {
     if ( ( endOfCookie=document.cookie.indexOf( ";", y ) ) == -1 ) {
      endOfCookie = document.cookie.length;
     }
     return unescape( document.cookie.substring( y, endOfCookie ) );
    }

    x = document.cookie.indexOf( " ", x ) + 1;

    if ( x == 0 ) break; 
   }