function CreateCookie(name,value,days) 
{
	if (days > 0) 
	{
		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=/";
}
	
	

function EraseCookie(name) 
{
	CreateCookie(name,"",-1);
}


function RedirectToSelectedLanguage(LanguageDropDown)
{


	var _selectedIndex = LanguageDropDown.selectedIndex;
	var _selectedValue = LanguageDropDown.options[_selectedIndex].value;

	if(_selectedValue != 0)
	{
		if(GetCookie("TimkenAcceptLanguage"))
		{					
			EraseCookie("TimkenAcceptLanguage");
		}
		
		//write cookie with the chosen language
		var _cookieName = "TimkenAcceptLanguage";
						
		CreateCookie(_cookieName, _selectedValue, 30);
		
		//redirect to root site check out and in
			window.location.href = "/Pages/WelcomeRedirect.aspx"; 
 		
		/*if( _selectedValue == "en-us")
		   window.location.href = "http://author.spdev.inside.tkr/en-us"
		else if( _selectedValue == "es-es")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.com.mx/es-es/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "cs-cz")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.cz/cs-cz/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "fr-fr")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.fr/fr-fr/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "de-de")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.de/de-de/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "ja-jp")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.jp/ja-jp/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "ru-ru")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.ru/ru-ru/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "ro-ro")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.ro/ro-ro/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "pl-pl")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.pl/pl-pl/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "pt-br")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.com.br/pt-br/"
		else if( _selectedValue == "zh-cn")
		   window.location.href = "http://www.timken.com.cn"*/

		
		//reset footer choice???	
	
	}
}