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
    */
    if (expires) {
        expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 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" : "");
}


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;
    }
}

function activateTab(onTabPanel, offTabPanel, onTab, offTab) {
    if (!onTabPanel || !document.getElementById(onTabPanel))
        return;

    document.getElementById(onTabPanel).style.display = '';

    document.getElementById(offTabPanel).style.display = 'none';
    document.getElementById(onTab).className = 'ja-sponsorshipmanager-tab-on';
    document.getElementById(offTab).className = 'ja-sponsorshipmanager-tab-off';
    setCookie('ActiveTab', onTab, null, '/', null, null);
    setCookie('ActiveTabPanel', onTabPanel, null, '/', null, null);
    setCookie('InactiveTab', offTab, null, '/', null, null);
    setCookie('InactiveTabPanel', offTabPanel, null, '/', null, null);
}


function sponsorshipSlideshow(sponsorshipGroup) {
    if (!sponsorshipGroup.currentIndex) {
        sponsorshipGroup.currentIndex = 0;
    }
    var sponsorshipIndex = sponsorshipGroup.currentIndex;
    var children = null;
    if (sponsorshipGroup.getElementsByClassName)
        children = sponsorshipGroup.getElementsByClassName('ja-sponsorship');
    else
        children = sponsorshipGroup.childNodes;
    for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
        var node = children[i];
        if (!node.tagName) {
            continue;
        }
        if (sponsorshipIndex == i) {
            node.style.display = '';
        } else {
            node.style.display = 'none';
        }
    }
    sponsorshipIndex++;
    if (sponsorshipIndex >= children.length) {
        sponsorshipIndex = 0;
    }
    sponsorshipGroup.currentIndex = sponsorshipIndex;
}