var isItem = false;
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()
{
	// get cookie with recently viewed items in it
        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 < 4))
		{
			if(itemsArray[x]!=thisItemHTML)	// not already in the list
			{
				newItemsList = newItemsList + "|" + itemsArray[x];

				var tempholder = "<td class=recent_item";
				if(x==3)
				{ tempholder += " id=recent_item_4"; }
				// create table data 
				tempholder += "><table width=177><tr valign=bottom><td align=center height=80>" +itemsArray[x] + "</tr></table></td>";
				showPrevList = showPrevList + tempholder;
			}
			x++;
		}
	}
	if(isItem)	// this is an item; add it to recently viewed
	{ setCookie("list", newItemsList, now); }

	if(showPrevList)	// recently viewed items were found! print out to page.
	{ 	document.write("<div id=recent_items><H2>Recently Viewed Items</H2><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=recent_items_holder><tr><td style='padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;'><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td>" + showPrevList + "</tr></table></td></tr></table></div>");
	  }
}



