remembering a javascript cookie

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hey all im trying to get this cookie remember when the browser is closed, it currently works if u reload the page.

any help with be greatly appreciated

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Five</title>
<link rel="icon" 

      type="image/x-icon" 

      href="icon.ico">
<script type="text/javascript">

JavaScript

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=Jrop/five/";
}

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,"Jrop/five/",-1);
}
var backColor = new Array();

backColor[0] = '#333333';//grey
backColor[1] = '#0066CC';//blue
backColor[2] = '#00CC66';//green
backColor[3] = '#F5C605';//yellow
backColor[4] = '#663399';//purple
backColor[5] = '#F00';//red
backColor[6] = '#FF3366';//pink
backColor[7] = '#00CC99';//turquose
backColor[8] = '#FF6633';//orange 

function changeBG(whichColor){
document.body.style.backgroundColor = backColor[whichColor];
createCookie('backColor', whichColor);
}

if(readCookie('backColor'))
document.write('<style type="text/css">body {background-color: ' + backColor[readCookie("backColor")] + ';}<\/style>');

HTML

</script>
</head>


  </ul>

  <!-- tab containers -->
  <div id="Background">
  <h4>Color</h4>
  <div class="split"></div>
    <div id="colorbox">
   <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(0)"> <div id="pickbox" class="grey"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(1)"><div id="pickbox" class="blue"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(2)"><div id="pickbox" class="green"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(3)"><div id="pickbox" class="yellow"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(4)"><div id="pickbox" class="purple"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(5)"><div id="pickbox" class="red"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(6)"><div id="pickbox" class="pink"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(7)"><div id="pickbox" class="turquose"></div></a>
    <a href="java<!-- no -->script:changeBG(8)"><div id="pickbox" class="orange"></div></a>
    
    </div>

thanks

Posted 2-Mar-12 21:48pm

Jrop_

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Ed Nutting 3-Mar-12 5:03am

This may not be a code issue. Have you got your browser set to delete cookies on browser close?

Jrop_ 4-Mar-12 4:21am

no, i have done it on all my devices and still doesn't save

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