function setCookie(name, value, expire) {

            document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expire == null)? "" : ("; expires=" + expire.toGMTString()));

        }

        function checkCookie(name) {

            if (document.cookie != "") {

                var toCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");

                for (i = 0; i < toCookie.length; i++) {

                    var CookieName = toCookie[i].split("=")[0];

                    var CookieValue = toCookie[i].split("=")[1];

                    if (CookieName == name) return unescape(CookieValue);

                }

            }

        }

        function removeCookieAlert() {

            var CookieAlert = document.getElementById('CookieAlert');

            document.body.removeChild(CookieAlert);

            var expire = new Date();

            expire.setMonth(expire.getMonth() + 1);

            setCookie('agreeCookies', 'yes', expire);

        }

        $(document).ready(function () {

            var CookieAlert = document.createElement('div');

            var style ='background-color:#000000;position:fixed;bottom:0px;left:0px;right:0px;text-align:center;width:100%;z-index:1000;color:#FFF;padding:10px;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;';

            var html = 'This website uses cookie files. For more information about their application, modification and acceptance <a href="cookies.html" target="_blank"><font color="#FF0000"> click here</font></a>.<a href="#" onclick="removeCookieAlert()"><img src="./img/close.png"title="Accept"style="border:0;position:absolute;top:12px;right:30px;"></a>';

            CookieAlert.setAttribute('id', 'CookieAlert');

            CookieAlert.setAttribute('style', style);

            CookieAlert.innerHTML = html;

            if (checkCookie('agreeCookies') != 'yes') {

                document.body.appendChild(CookieAlert);

            }

        });