function Set_Cookie( 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 Get_Cookie( 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 Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}
	

function trim(StringtoTrim){

if ((StringtoTrim == null) || (StringtoTrim == '')){
	return '';
}else{
	if (isNaN(StringtoTrim)){

		 while ((StringtoTrim.charAt(0)==' ') || (StringtoTrim.charAt(0)=='\n') || (StringtoTrim.charAt(0,1)=='\r')) {
			StringtoTrim=StringtoTrim.substring(1,StringtoTrim.length);
		}
		 while ((StringtoTrim.charAt(StringtoTrim.length-1)==' ') || (StringtoTrim.charAt(StringtoTrim.length-1)=='\n') || (StringtoTrim.charAt(StringtoTrim.length-1)=='\r')) {
			StringtoTrim=StringtoTrim.substring(0,StringtoTrim.length-1);
		}
		
	}
	return StringtoTrim;
}
}
	
	
function pingproperty(gid){
	pingproperty(gid, 0, 0)
}
	
function pingproperty(gid, frid, pid){

if ((!gid) || (trim(gid) == '')){gid = 0;}
if ((!frid) || (trim(frid) == '')){frid = 0;}
if ((!pid) || (trim(pid) == '')){pid = 0;}

var doc = document;
var url = doc.location;
var prot = url.protocol;

var domname = trim(doc.domain);
if (domname.substring(0,4)=='www.') {domname=trim(domname.substring(4,domname.length));}


var ExistingCkVl = Get_Cookie('epicentre');
if ((ExistingCkVl == null) || (trim(ExistingCkVl) == '') ){
	// set new cookie
	var cid = (new Date()).getTime() + "|" +  Math.round(Math.random()*999999999) + "|" + domname.substring(0,30);
	Set_Cookie( 'epicentre', cid, '720', '/', '', '' );
	ExistingCkVl = Get_Cookie('epicentre');
}

if ((prot.substring(0,4) == 'http') && (domname != null) && (domname != '')){

	var ts = (new Date()).getTime();
	var impath = 'http://www.epicentre.co.za/ticker?id=' + encodeURIComponent(ExistingCkVl) + '&dom=' + encodeURIComponent(domname) + '&gid=' + encodeURIComponent(trim(gid)) + '&frid=' + encodeURIComponent(trim(frid)) + '&pid=' + encodeURIComponent(trim(pid)) + '&ts=' + ts;
	var pingim=new Image(1,1);
	pingim.src = impath;
	pingim.onload= function() { retzip(); }

}
}

function retzip() { return; }