Info on the cookie framework

The cookie framework is commonly used to store data longer than one browser session, but users can delete, block and change cookies using the browser settings. JavaScript Cookies are not very good and should not be used. A good alternative will be suggested later, web storage.

See the below links for how to use the cookie framework (only as a backup):

Documentation of cookie framework

You can implement cookies using the following code:

if (navigator.cookieEnabled) {
  document.cookie = "cookie_name = cookie_value;expires = expiry";//how to set a cookie
  var name = cookie_name + "=", ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {c = c.substring(1);}
    if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {varresult = c.substring(name.length, c.length);}
  }//how to get a cookie
}

where cookie_name is the name of the cookie you want to use, cookie_value is the value of your cookie you want to store, expiry is the date that you can access the cookie until (expressed in milliseconds from January 1, 1970), result is the value of the cookie that you want to get

You can remove a cookie by redeclaring the cookie, but putting the expiry date in the past.