function validate() {
	var c_name = document.getElementById("name").value;
	var c_url = document.getElementById("url").value;
  var c_desc = document.getElementById("desc").value;
  var c_remember = document.getElementById("remember").value;
  
  if (c_name == "Name") {
  	alert("Please enter your name");
  	return false;
  } else if (c_desc == "") {
  	alert("Please enter your comments");
  	return false;
  } else {
  	if (c_remember == "on") {
  		Set_Cookie("commentName", c_name, "90", "/", "www.brotherjones.com");
  		Set_Cookie("commentUrl", c_url, "90", "/", "www.brotherjones.com");
  	} else {
  		Delete_Cookie("commentName", "/", "www.brotherjones.com");
  		Delete_Cookie("commentUrl", "/", "www.brotherjones.com");
  	}
  	return true;
  }
}
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 function gets the cookie, if it exists
function Get_Cookie( name ) {
	
var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
var len = start + name.length + 1;
if ( ( !start ) &&
( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) )
{
return null;
}
if ( start == -1 ) return null;
var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}

// this deletes the cookie when called
function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}