function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays) {
	var exdate=new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
	document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
	((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}

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 "";
}

function setMute(muteStatus) {
	setCookie("mutevolume",muteStatus,7);
}

function getMute() {
	return getCookie("mutevolume");
}