//Author: Chaitan (hello _AT_ chaitan.com)

//Functions written by Tomer Shiran are
//setCookie, getCookie, deleteCookie,
//fixDate, rememberMe, forgetMe.
//Copyright notice follows.

//Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Athenia Associates.
//http://www.webreference.com/js/
//License is granted if and only if this entire
//copyright notice is included. By Tomer Shiran.

//(Chaitan: )function copied over from
//MT Template. delete a cookie.
function deleteCookie (name, path, domain) {
    if (getCookie(name)) {
      document.cookie = name + "=" + ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + 
	"; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}

//(Chaitan: )function copied over from previous
//news.php. not sure what it does.
function fixDate (date) {
    var base = new Date(0);
    var skew = base.getTime();
    if (skew > 0)
      date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}

//(Chaitan: )function copied over from MT template
//deletes 'remember me' cookies.
function forgetMe (f) {
    deleteCookie('mtcmtmail', '/', '');
    deleteCookie('mtcmthome', '/', '');
    deleteCookie('mtcmtauth', '/', '');
    f.email.value = '';
    f.author.value = '';
    //f.author.value = 'Anonymous Coward';
    f.url.value = '';
}

//(Chaitan: )function to get a Cookie.
//Copied over from previous news.php as is.
function getCookie (name) {
  var prefix = name + '=';
  //returns all stored cookies
  var c = document.cookie;
  var nullstring = '';
  var cookieStartIndex = c.indexOf(prefix);
  //if 'name' cookie is not found, return empty string
  if (cookieStartIndex == -1)
    return nullstring;
  var cookieEndIndex = c.indexOf(";", cookieStartIndex + prefix.length);
  //if ';' is not found after this cookie value, probably is the last cookie
  if (cookieEndIndex == -1)
    cookieEndIndex = c.length;
  //return substring that contains only the cookie value.
  return unescape(c.substring(cookieStartIndex + prefix.length, cookieEndIndex));
}

//(Chaitan: )function copied over from MT Template.
//sets a cookie to remember the current commenter.
function rememberMe (f) {
    var now = new Date();
    fixDate(now);
    now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
    if (f.author != undefined)
      setCookie('mtcmtauth', f.author.value, now, '/', '', '');
    if (f.email != undefined)
      setCookie('mtcmtmail', f.email.value, now, '/', '', '');
    if (f.url != undefined)
      setCookie('mtcmthome', f.url.value, now, '/', '', '');
}

//(Chaitan: )function to set a Cookie.
//Copied over from previous news.php as is.
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + 
    (expires ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") + 
    (path ? "; path=" + path : "") + 
    (domain ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    (secure ? "secure" : "");
    
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}