function saveFavorites(name,value, msg){

 //get cookie value
 var cvalue = getCookie(name);
 if(cvalue != null){
 	var nvalue = cvalue + "," + value;
 	setCookie(name,nvalue,7);
 }else{
 	setCookie(name,value,7);
 }
 alert(msg);
}


function setCookie (name, value, days)
{
 expires = new Date();
 expires.setTime (expires.getTime() +(1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * days));
 document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; expires=" +
 expires.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
}

function getCookie (name)
{
 var dcookie = document.cookie;
 var cname = name + "=";
 var clen = dcookie.length;
 var cbegin = 0;
   while (cbegin < clen )
    {
      var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
        if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname)
         {
           var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";",vbegin);
           if (vend == -1) vend=clen;
           return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin,vend));
         }
      cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
      if (cbegin == 0) break;
    }
  return null;
}