function set_cookie (cookie_name, cookie_value, cookie_expire, cookie_path, cookie_domain, cookie_secure){
 // BEGIN THE COOKIE PARAMETER STRING
 var cookie_string = cookie_name + "=" + cookie_value
 // ADD THE EXPIRATION DATE IF IT WAS SPECIFIED
 if (cookie_expire){
  var expire_date = new Date ()
  var ms_from_now = cookie_expire * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
  expire_date.setTime (expire_date.getTime () + ms_from_now)
  var expire_string = expire_date.toGMTString ()
  cookie_string += "; expires=" + expire_string
 }
 // ADD THE PATH, IF IT WAS SPECIFIED
 if (cookie_path){
  cookie_string += "; path=" + cookie_path
 }
 // ADD THE DOMAIN, IF IT WAS SPECIFIED
 if (cookie_domain){
  cookie_string += "; domain=" + cookie_domain
 }
 // ADD THE SECURE BOOKEAN, IF IT'S TRUE
 if (cookie_secure){
  cookie_string += "; true"
 }
 // SET THE COOKIE
 document.cookie = cookie_string
}