function ssnAcceptsCookies() {
	        var cookieName = 'ssnAcceptsCookies';
	        var oneYear = 1 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
	        var expiresDate = new Date();
	        expiresDate.setTime(expiresDate.getTime() + oneYear);
	        ssnSetCookie(cookieName, 'yes', expiresDate);
	        if (ssnGetCookie(cookieName) == 'yes') {
		        ssnDeleteCookie(cookieName);
		        return true;
	        }
	        else {
		        return false;
		    }    
        }

        function ssnSetCookie(cookieName, cookieValue, expires) {
	        var expiresDate;
	        var expiresStr;
	        if (expires == null) {
		        var oneYear = 1 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
		        expiresDate = new Date();
		        expiresDate.setTime(expiresDate.getTime() + oneYear);
	        }
	        else
		        expiresDate = expires;
        		
	        expiresStr = '; expires=' + expiresDate.toGMTString();
	        document.cookie = cookieName + '=' + escape(cookieValue) + expiresStr;
        }

        function ssnGetCookie(cookieName) {
	        var cookieValue = null;
	        var wholeCookie = ' ' + document.cookie + ';';

	        var searchName = ' ' + cookieName + '=';
	        var startOfCookie = wholeCookie.indexOf(searchName);

	        var endOfCookie;
	        if (startOfCookie != -1) {
		        startOfCookie += searchName.length;
		        endOfCookie = wholeCookie.indexOf(';', startOfCookie);
                cookieValue = unescape(wholeCookie.substring(startOfCookie,    endOfCookie));
	        }
        	
	        return cookieValue;
        }

        function ssnDeleteCookie(cookieName) {
	        var threeDays = 3 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
	        var expiresDate = new Date();
	        expiresDate.setTime(expiresDate.getTime() - threeDays);
	        ssnSetCookie(cookieName, 'delete', expiresDate);
        }
        
        function ssnGetExpirationDate( numDays )
        {
            var numMillSec = parseInt(numDays) * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
	        var expiresDate = new Date();
	        expiresDate.setTime(expiresDate.getTime() + numMillSec);
    	    
	        return expiresDate;
        }
                        
        function DisplaySsn()
        {
            var displaySsn  = false; 
            
            if(!ssnAcceptsCookies() || ssnGetCookie('ssnDisplayed'))
            {
                displaySsn = false;
            }       
            else
            {
                displaySsn = true;
            }
            
            return displaySsn;
        }
        
        function SsnLink(ohref, gid)
        {         
            var siteID = 55; 
            
            try
            {                
                var blogTVUrl = IIS_SERVER_LINK + "Redirect.asp?to="
                var ssnBaseUrl  = "http://pub.sponsorselect.com/Direct/SponsorIndex.aspx?ssns=" + siteID + "&eu=";                
                var ssnEndUrl   = ohref;
                var expireDays  = _ssnexpireDays; // use this to set the capping period. A value of 14 will give a cap of once every 2 weeks
                var today       = new Date();                
                                      
                if(DisplaySsn())
                {        
                    ssnSetCookie('ssnDisplayed', today, ssnGetExpirationDate(expireDays));  
                    if(blogTVFlag==1) 
                    { redirect = blogTVUrl + escape(ssnBaseUrl) + escape(ssnEndUrl)}
                    else { redirect = ssnBaseUrl + escape(ssnEndUrl);}       
                    window.top.location.href = redirect;                  
                    return false;
                }
                else
                {
                    return true;
                }     
            }
            catch (oEx)
            {   
                return true;
            }       
        }