//Read a page's GET URL variables and return them as an associative array.
function getJBValue() {    
	var vars = [], hash;    
	var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');     

	for(var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++)    {        
		hash = hashes[i].split('=');        
		vars.push(hash[0]);        
		vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];    
	}     

	if ( vars['jb'] ) {
		if ( vars['jb'] != "" ) {
			SetLog('JB', vars['jb'] );
		}
	}
}


function SetLog(cookiename, cookievalue){
	var expirydate = new Date();
	expirydate.setDate(expirydate.getDate() + 14); 

	var path = "/";
	var domain;
	var secure;

	//now set the cookie
	document.cookie = cookiename + "=" +escape( cookievalue ) +
		( ( expirydate ) ? ";expires=" + expirydate.toGMTString() : "" ) +
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );

}


// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function GetLog( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	alert( document.cookie);
	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, '') );
				alert(cookie_value);
			}
			// 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;
	}
}