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 ca = document.cookie.split(';');
 var nameEQ = name + "=";
 for(var i=0; i < ca.length; i++) {
   var c = ca[i];
   while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length); //delete spaces
   if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
   }
 return null;
}

/********** start actually doing stuff **********/

//if the cookie has been set, store its value in variable returnCustomer
var returnCustomer = readCookie('returnCustomer')

//if this is a returning customer, fire an mbox so we can target to them
//if (returnCustomer){
//     '<script type="text/javascript">mboxCreate("returnCustomer");</script>';
//}
//if we're on the order confirmation page, create a cookie
//if (mbox.name == orderConfirmation)
//     createCookie('returnCustomer','ordered on ______ ',730)