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I have been successfully using a cookie redirection script to determine if a visitor had seen the page that day and if so redirect them to another.

This is what I used

/* Copyright http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com
Free and commercial Perl and JavaScripts */

// page to go to if cookie exists
go_to = "http://next page.htm";

// number of days cookie lives for
num_days = 1;
function ged(noDays){
var today = new Date();
var expr = new Date(today.getTime() + noDays*24*60*60*1000);
return expr.toGMTString();
}

function readCookie(cookieName){
var start = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName);
if (start == -1){
document.cookie = "seenit=yes; expires=" + ged(num_days);
} else {
window.location = go_to;
}
}

readCookie("seenit");
// -->
</script>

and it works fine

However I would ideally like to set the cookie when a link was clicked not when the page first loads

I tried an OnClick command along with the banner and link in the body section
but then I got lost.
what do I place in the head section
what do I remove to stop it from setting the cookie onload.

I want to set a cookie when a banner is clicked

and if that cookie is found, go_to new link

I would be grateful if someone could help me

Thanks

Richard