function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

// LIST ALL SHOW/HIDE ELEMENT IDS HERE
menus_array = new Array ('ddNA','ddAA','ddBlog','ddDA','ddPress','ddLink','ddFaq', 'ddAO', 'ddBk');
menus_status_array = new Array ();// remembers state of switches
img_close = 'style/minus_white.jpg';
img_open = 'style/plus_white.jpg';

function showHideSwitch (theid) {
  
  if (document.getElementById) 
  {
    var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);
    //alert(switch_id);
    var imgid = theid+'Button';
    var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
    if (menus_status_array[theid] != 'show') 
    {
      if (button_id != null)
      {
        button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
      }
      if (switch_id != null)
      {
        switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
      }
      menus_status_array[theid] = 'show';
      document.cookie = theid+'=show';
    }
    else
    {
      if (button_id != null)
      {
        button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
      }
       if (switch_id != null)
      {
        switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
      }
      menus_status_array[theid] = 'hide';
      document.cookie = theid+'=hide';
    }
  }
}
function resetMenu () { // read cookies and set menus to last visited state
  if (document.getElementById) {
    for (var i=0; i<menus_array.length; i++) {
      var idname = menus_array[i];
      var switch_id = document.getElementById(idname);
      var imgid = idname+'Button';
      var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
      if (getCookie(idname) == 'show')
      {
        if (button_id != null)
        {
          button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
        }
        if (switch_id != null)
        {
          switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
        }
        menus_status_array [idname] = 'show';
      }
      else
      {
        if (button_id != null)
        {
          button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
        }
        if (switch_id != null)
        {
          switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
        }
        menus_status_array [idname] = 'hide';
      }
    }
  }
}