<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

// create an instance of the Date object
var now = new Date();
// fix the bug in Navigator 2.0, Macintosh
fixDate(now);
// cookie expires in one year (actually, 365 days)
// 365 days in a year
// 24 hours in a day
// 60 minutes in an hour
// 60 seconds in a minute
// 1000 milliseconds in a second
now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
var username = getCookie("username");
// if the cookie was not found, ask for the name
if (!username) {
  username = prompt("Please enter your name:", "");
}
// set the new cookie
setCookie("username", username, now);
if (username) {
  document.write("Welcome to this page, " + username + ".");
  setCookie("username", username, now);
} else
  document.write("You refused to enter your name.");
// -->
</SCRIPT>

Note that this script can be placed anywhere on the page. It welcomes the user by printing some text where you placed the script.

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