// Define cookie get/set functions
function createCookie( 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 + "=" + value +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

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) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name, domain) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1, "/", domain, "");
}


// Define a function that - when called - will invoke the subscription-protected page that checks for the user and sets cookies accordingly.
 
function setLoginCookies(){
	document.write('<scr'+'ipt language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.irishcentral.com/templates/userLoginCookies.js?c=n&rand='+Math.random()+'"></scr'+'ipt>');
}
	
	
 // If there is a UID cookie (means they should be logged in), but the loginStatus cookie not set yet, call userLoginCookiesto initialize them
if(readCookie("UID") && !readCookie("loginStatus")){
	setLoginCookies();
}

 // If the UID cookie has gone away (means they have logged out), clear out their cookies so that they'll be set fresh upon next login
if(!readCookie("UID") && readCookie("loginStatus")){
	eraseCookie("loginStatus", "");
	eraseCookie("username", "");
	eraseCookie("at", "irishcentral.com");
}