function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name) {
	createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

function queryString(variable) {
	var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
	var vars = query.split("&");
	for (var i=0; i<vars.length; i++) {
		var pair = vars[i].split("=");
		if (pair[0].toLowerCase() == variable) {
			return pair[1];
		}
	}
	return null;
}

var urlvalue = queryString("ref_id");
var cookievalue = readCookie("ref_id");

if ((urlvalue != null) && (cookievalue == null)) {
	//save to cookie.
	createCookie("ref_id", urlvalue, 30);
}

var strlocation = window.location.href;
var strurlscheme = strlocation.substring(0, 5);

if (strurlscheme.toLowerCase() == "https" && strlocation.indexOf("get_a_quote") < 0 && strlocation.indexOf("contact_us") < 0) {
	window.location = "http" + strlocation.substring( 5 );	
}