https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1012060 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/registration-cookies#comment-1069545 <p>Are you sure you want to use JavaScript for this? I'd use a server side language.</p> <p>Javascript isn't my thing either, but I have a book (which I haven't really read)...</p> <p>Format:<br /> cookieName=cookieValue; expires=expirationDateGMT; path=URLpath; domain=siteDomain</p> <p>Save a cookie:<br /> document.cookie="cookieName=cookieValue; expires=expirationDateGMT; path=URLpath; domain=siteDomain"</p> <p>Get cookie:<br /> document.cookie.split("=")[1] //returns cookieValue</p> <p>After login, try:<br /> expireDate = new Date<br /> expireDate.setMonth(expireDate.getMonth()+6)<br /> document.cookie="Registered=YES; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString() </p> <p>For return visits, try something like this:<br /> if (document.cookie.split("=")[1] == "YES") {<br /> document.location="http://your.com"<br /> }</p> <p>Haven't tested this myself. This should create a cookie that expires in six months. When the person returns, they 'should' be forwarded to 'http://your.com'</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:39:28 +0000 Mark Hensler comment 1069545 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net