var now = new Date();
fixDate(now);

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(name) {
 var dc = document.cookie;
 var prefix = name + "=";
 var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
 if (begin == -1) {
 begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
 if (begin != 0) return null;
 } else
 begin += 2;
 var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
 if (end == -1)
 end = dc.length;
 return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
} 

function fixDate(date) {
 var base = new Date(0);
 var skew = base.getTime();
 if (skew > 0)
 date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}

function writeJustViewed()
{
 var myItems = getCookie("list");
 now.setTime(now.getTime() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 48);

 // split cookie into individual segments
 if(myItems)
 { var itemsArray = myItems.split("|"); }

 var newItemsList = thisItemHTML;
 var showPrevList = '';

 var x = 0;
 if(myItems)
 {
  while((itemsArray[x]) && (x < 8))
  {
   if(itemsArray[x]!=thisItemHTML) // not already in list
   {
    newItemsList = newItemsList + "|" + itemsArray[x];
    if(x < 6)
    { showPrevList +=  "<div>"+ itemsArray[x] +"</div>"; }
   }
   x++;
  }
 }

 if(thisItemHTML)
 { setCookie("list", newItemsList, now); }

 if(showPrevList)
 {
  document.getElementById("recent_holder").innerHTML=
     '<div id="recent_items">' +
     '<div id="recent_title">' +
     'You Recently Viewed</div>' +
     '<div id="recent_items_holder">' +
     showPrevList + '</div>' +
     '<div style="clear:left; height:10px;">' +
     '</div></div>';
  document.getElementById('tabRecent').style.display = '';
 }
}

writeJustViewed();