var splash = GetSplashCookie('sportbe_splash');
var bogus = 1
function doSplash(language)
{
	if (splash != null)
	{
		bogus=1;
	}else
	{
		goToSplash(language);
	}
}

function setSplashCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { 
	 var curSplashCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + 
		((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") + 
		((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") + 
		((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") + 
		((secure) ? "; secure" : ""); 
	 document.cookie = curSplashCookie; 
	}


function GetSplashCookie (name) 
{
        var arg = name + "=";
        var alen = arg.length;
        var clen = document.cookie.length;
        var i = 0;
        while (i < clen) 
		{
                var j = i + alen;
                if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
                        return GetSplashCookieVal (j);
                i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
                        if (i == 0)
                                break;
        }
   		return null;
}

function goToSplash(language)
{
	var today = new Date();
	var expiry_splash = new Date(today.getTime() + 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000); // plus 1 day
	window.location.replace('/'+ language + '/splash/' ) ;
	//var the_cookie_splash = "sportbe_splash = " + language + ";expires=" + expiry_splash.toGMTString();
	//document.cookie = the_cookie_splash;
	setSplashCookie("sportbe_splash", language, expiry_splash, "", "", "")
}

function GetSplashCookieVal (offset) {
   var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
   if (endstr == -1)
      endstr = document.cookie.length;
   return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}