function setCookie( 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
*/
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" : "" );
}

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values 
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function getCookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
}				
			
// this deletes the cookie when called
function deleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
var cookie = getCookie( name );
if ( cookie !== null ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}


 function getElementsByClassName(strClass, strTag, objContElm) {
  strTag = strTag || "*";
  objContElm = objContElm || document;
  var objColl = objContElm.getElementsByTagName(strTag);
  if (!objColl.length &&  strTag === "*" &&  objContElm.all)
  {
    objColl = objContElm.all;
  }
  var arr = [];
  var delim = strClass.indexOf('|') != -1  ? '|' : ' ';
  var arrClass = strClass.split(delim);
  for (var i = 0, j = objColl.length; i < j; i++) {
    var arrObjClass = objColl[i].className.split(' ');
    if (delim === ' ' && arrClass.length > arrObjClass.length) {continue;}
    var c = 0;
    comparisonLoop:
    for (var k = 0, l = arrObjClass.length; k < l; k++) {
      for (var m = 0, n = arrClass.length; m < n; m++) {
        if (arrClass[m] == arrObjClass[k]) {c++;}
        if ((delim === '|' && c == 1) || (delim === ' ' && c == arrClass.length)) {
          arr.push(objColl[i]);
          break comparisonLoop;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return arr;
}

function loadTotd( tipNum ){
if ( tipNum === undefined ){
    // Get the last shown tif
    tipNum = getCookie("tipNum");
    if ( isNaN(tipNum) || tipNum === null ) {tipNum = 0;}
    ++tipNum;
}

// Load the tip html
if ( tipNum > tips.length-1 ) {tipNum = 0;}
document.getElementById('totd').innerHTML = "<center>" + tips[tipNum] + "</center>";

// Same the tip number in a cookie
setCookie("tipNum", tipNum, 2000 * parent.DAYS, "/", "" );
}

function onClick_Totd(){
    var cb = document.getElementById('cbTotd');
    if ( cb.checked ) {setCookie("Totd", 1, 2000 * parent.DAYS, "/", "" );}
        else {deleteCookie("Totd");}
}

function onClick_Next(){
    loadTotd();
}

function getQueryString()
{
    // Get the id if present
    var url = document.URL;
    
    if ( url.indexOf("?") < 1 ) return;
    
    var querystring = url.substring( url.indexOf("?")+1 ).split("&");
    
    for ( var i = 0; i < querystring.length; ++i )
    {
        var pairs = querystring[i].split("=");
        if ( pairs[0] === "task" )
        {
            task = pairs[1];
            return;
        }
        if (pairs[0] === "id") {
            startID = parseInt(pairs[1]);
            return;
        }
        if (pairs[0] === "comp") {
            comp = parseInt(pairs[1]);
            return;
        }
    }
}