/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source :: http://javascript.internet.com
Created by: Patrick Clinger :: http://www.freewebs.com/google_game/ */

function lastVisit() {
  var lastvisit=new Object()
  lastvisit.firstvisitmsg="This is your first visit to this page. Welcome!" //Change first visit message here
  lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg="Welcome back visitor! Your last visit was on <b>[displaydate]</b>" // Change subsequent visit message here
  lastvisit.subsequentvisitcountmsg="Thank You for visiting <b>[visitcount]</b> times." // Change subsequent visit count message here

  lastvisit.getCookie=function(Name) { // get cookie value
    var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); // construct RE to search for target name/value pair
    

if (document.cookie.match(re)) // if cookie found
      return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] // return its value
      return ""
  }
  lastvisit.setCookie=function(name, value, days) { // set cookie value
    var expireDate = new Date()
    //set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively
    var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days))
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
  }

  lastvisit.showmessage=function() {
  if (lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")=="") { // if first visit
    lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", 1, 730) // set "visitcounter" to 2 and for 730 days (2 years)
	lastvisit.setCookie("visitDate", new Date().toLocaleString(), 730)
    document.write(lastvisit.firstvisitmsg)
  } else {
    document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg.replace("\[displaydate\]", lastvisit.getCookie("visitDate")))
	document.write("<br/>")
    document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitcountmsg.replace("\[visitcount\]", lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")))
  }
	// update cookies
	lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", (parseInt(lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")) + 1) , 730)
	lastvisit.setCookie("visitDate", new Date().toLocaleString(), 730)
	//lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", (parseInt(lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")) + 1) , -1)
	//lastvisit.setCookie("visitDate", new Date().toLocaleString(), -1)
  }
  lastvisit.showmessage()
}