var MPRootURL = ""; 
var MPPagingItemsPerPage = 0; 
var MPPagingTotalPages = 0; 
var MPPagingIndex = 1;
var MPPagingActive = false;

function MPSetCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
    //path = (path) ? path : "";
    //domain = (domain) ? domain : "/";

    try
    {    
        // 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 + "=" +escape( value ) +
                            ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
                            ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
                            ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
                            ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );

    }
    catch (err)
    {
        //alert("Error setting cookie: " + err.description);
    }
}

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values 
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function MPGetCookie( check_name ) {
    
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
	
	
}	

function MPDeleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
    if (MPGetCookie(name))
        document.cookie = name + "=" + ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") + ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) + ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}


function MPGotoPreviousPage()
{
    if (MPPagingActive && MPPagingIndex > 1)
        MPGotoPage(MPPagingIndex - 1);
}

function MPGotoNextPage()
{
    if (MPPagingActive && MPPagingIndex < MPPagingTotalPages)
        MPGotoPage(MPPagingIndex + 1);
}

function MPGotoPage(pageNumber)
{
    if (MPPagingActive && pageNumber >= 1 && pageNumber <= MPPagingTotalPages)
    {
        var pattern = new RegExp("/pg/[1-9]+$");
        var url = window.location.href;
        url = url.replace(pattern, "");
        window.location.href = url + "/pg/" + pageNumber;
    }
}



function MPGlobalSearch(strSearchPhrase, searchType)
{
    if (!searchType)
        window.location = MPRootURL + "search/" + strSearchPhrase;
}