<!-- 
// To use this script
//	1) enter <SCRIPT SRC="pop_once_cookie.js" LANGUAGE="JavaScript"></SCRIPT> into the HEAD section
//	2) Insert the onLoad event handler into your BODY tag <BODY OnLoad="checkCount()">
//	3) Modify page to display, expDays and any other items to suite your needs

var expDays = 182; // number of days the cookie should last

var page = "news_notice.html"; // page to display in the popup window

var winproperties = "width=330,height=300,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes";

function GetCookie (name) {  
	var arg = name + "=";  
	var alen = arg.length;  
	var clen = document.cookie.length;  
	var i = 0;  
	while (i < clen) {    
		var j = i + alen;    
		if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) return getCookieVal (j);    
		i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;    
		if (i == 0) break;   
	}  
	return null;
}
function SetCookie (name, value) {  
	var argv = SetCookie.arguments;  
	var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;  
	var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;  
	var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;  
	var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;  
	var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) + ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) + ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) + ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function DeleteCookie (name) {  
	var exp = new Date();  
	exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);  
	var cval = GetCookie (name);  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

var exp = new Date(); 
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function amt(){
	var count = GetCookie('notify')
	if(count == null) {
		SetCookie('notify','1')
		return 1
	}
	else {
		var newcount = parseInt(count) + 1;
		DeleteCookie('notify')
		DeleteCookie('notice')
		SetCookie('notify',newcount,exp)
		return count
   	}
}
function getCookieVal(offset) {
	var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
	if (endstr == -1) endstr = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function checkCount() {
	var count = GetCookie('notify');
	if (count == null) {
		count=1;
		SetCookie('notify', count, exp);
		window.open(page, "", winproperties);
	}
	else {
		count++;
		SetCookie('notify', count, exp);
   	}
}
//  End -->
