function createCookie(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	}
	
	function readCookie(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) {
				var returnval = c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
				// if the value is quoted, remove the quotes
				if (returnval.charAt(0)=="\"") {
					returnval = returnval.substring(1,returnval.length-1);
				}
				return returnval;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}
	
	function eraseCookie(name) {
		createCookie(name,"",-1);
	}
	
	function showLocationBox() {
		document.loginForm.locationId.value = "";
		eraseCookie("locationId");
		eraseCookie("locationName");
		document.getElementById('locationMessageDiv').style.display = "none";
		document.getElementById('locationInputDiv').style.display = "";
	}
	
	function gup( name )
	{
	  name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
	  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
	  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
	  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
	  if( results == null )
	    return "";
	  else
	    return results[1];
	}
	
	var repId = gup("rep");
	if (repId == null || repId.length < 1) {
		repId = readCookie("rep");
	}
	else if (repId != "null"){
		createCookie("rep", repId, 365);
	}