function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    {
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    }
  }
return "";
}

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}

function checkCookie(){
	menustatus=getCookie('menustatus');
	//alert('Menu status '+menustatus+'!');
	if(menustatus==null || menustatus=="" || menustatus=="collapse"){
		//required for IE6
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.lineHeight="0px";
		
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.visibility="hidden";
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.height="0px";
		
		}
	else if(menustatus=="visible"){
		//required for IE6
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.lineHeight="13.41pt";
		
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.visibility="visible";
		document.getElementById("slidemenu").style.height="300px";
		
	}
}