rewriting as free software

homepage/js/cookies.js

@@ -1,18 +1,41 @@
-/*
+/* cookies.js; Deven Blake 2021; Public Domain to extent allowed, see below */
-	these code snippets copied from
-	https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
-	used under fair use; for copyright see https://www.w3schools.com/about/about_copyright.asp
 
-	window.setCookie() sets a cookie, window.getCookie() gets a cookie.
+window.setCookie = function(name, value){
+	var d;
+	d = new Date();
+	/*                      seconds, minutes, hours, days, years */
+	d.setTime(d.getTime() + 1000     * 60     * 60   * 24  * 365);
+	/*                      ( == one year in milliseconds)       */
+	document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ";" + d.toUTCString() + ";path=/";
+}
+
+/* Public domain rewrite */
+/*
+window.getCookie = function(name){
+	var c;
+	var i;
+	try{
+		c = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);
+	}catch(URIError){
+		console.log("Could not decode cookie URIComponent (cookies.js: getCookie: URIError)");
+		return '';
+	}
+	c = c.split(';');
+	for(i = 0; i < c.length; ++i){
+		while(c[i].charAt(0) == ' ')
+			c[i] = c[i].slice(1);
+		if(c[i].slice(0, name.length + 1) == name + '=')
+			return c[i].substring(name.length, c[i].length);
+	}
+	return '';
+}
 */
 
-window.setCookie = function(cname, cvalue, exdays) {
+/*
-	var d = new Date();
+	this code snippet copied from
-	d.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));
+	https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
-	var expires = "expires="+ d.toUTCString();
+	used under fair use; for copyright see https://www.w3schools.com/about/about_copyright.asp
-	document.cookie = cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/";
+*/
-};
-
 window.getCookie = function(cname) {
 	var name = cname + "=";
 	var decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);