function saveDecision(value){
    var exp = new Date(); 
    exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + 31536000000);
    setCookie('view_welcome_message',value,exp,false,false,false);
}

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
    var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
           ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
           ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
           ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
           ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
    document.cookie = curCookie;
}


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 ""
}