function setStyle(count,style,value)
	{
		targettags[count].style[style]= value;
	}

	function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure)
	{
		var today = new Date();
		var expiry = new Date(today.getTime() + 660000); //1 year in miliseconds
		//we need to untoggle the previous list before we set the new value in the cookie
		//handleCookie(value);
		
		var newDate = expiry.toGMTString(expiry);

			var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
					((expiry.toGMTString()) ? "; expires=" + expiry.toGMTString() : "") + 
					((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
					((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
					((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
				document.cookie = curCookie;
	
	}

	//Function toggle allows to hide or show an element based on its ID
	function toggle(targetId,ShouldSetCookie)
		{
		var onDisplay = '';			
			if (document.getElementById)
			{
				target = document.getElementById(targetId);
				
				if (target.style.display == "none")
				{
					var previous = (onDisplay == '')?null:document.getElementById(onDisplay);
					if(previous != null)
					{
						previous.style.display = "none";
					}
									
					target.style.display = "";
					onDisplay = targetId;
				} 
				else 
				{
					target.style.display = "none";
				}
			}
			
			if(ShouldSetCookie == 1)
			{			
					handleCookie(getCookie(window.document.URL.toString()));
					setCookie(window.document.URL.toString(),targetId);	
			}
		}
	function handleCookie(value)
	{
		if(value != null)
		{
			toggle(value);
		}
	}
	
	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));
	}	
	function deleteCookie(name, path, domain)
		{
		  if (getCookie(name))
		  {
			document.cookie = name + "=" +
			((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
			((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
			"; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
		  }
		}	
if(document.getElementById)
{	
		//This part finds all the matches for the selected tag (in this case UL)
		tagName = document.getElementById("tagType").value;
		targettags = document.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
	
		//The FOR loop  goes through the tags picked by the above tags by their array [index] 
		//and selects the indeces of those that match the NEEDEDCLASS variable. It then passes
		//the indeces of the matched tags to the SetStyle function to apply the style.
		for (var count = 0; count < targettags.length; count++)
		{
			var withclass = (targettags[count].className).toLowerCase();
			var needclass = 'hidden';
						
				if(withclass == needclass)
				{
					setStyle(count, 'display', 'none');
				}
		}
		handleCookie(getCookie(window.document.URL.toString()));
}