function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
  // set time, it's in milliseconds
  var today = new Date();
  today.setTime( today.getTime() );

  /*
  if the expires variable is set, make the correct
  expires time, the current script below will set
  it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
  delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
  */
  if ( expires )
  {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
  }
  var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

  document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
  ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
  ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
  ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
  ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
  // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
  // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
  var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
  var a_temp_cookie = '';
  var cookie_name = '';
  var cookie_value = '';
  var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

  for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
  {
    // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
    a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );

    // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
    cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

    // if the extracted name matches passed check_name
    if ( cookie_name == check_name )
    {
      b_cookie_found = true;
      // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
      if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
      {
        cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
      }
      // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
      return cookie_value;
      break;
    }
    a_temp_cookie = null;
    cookie_name = '';
  }
  if ( !b_cookie_found )
  {
    return null;
  }
}

function modifyFontSize(em) {
  newval = parseFloat(em);

  if (newval == 0)
  {
    cookieval = Get_Cookie('zebi_font_size');
    newval = parseFloat(cookieval);
  }
  if ((newval < 0.75 && newval > 0.9) || isNaN(newval))
  {
    newval = 0.75;
  }
  document.body.style.fontSize = newval + 'em';
  Set_Cookie('zebi_font_size', newval, 365);
}