<!-- Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: lastVisit.js  --> 

/* This script and many more are available free online at 
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Created by: Patrick Clinger :: http://www.freewebs.com/google_game/ */ 

function lastVisit() { 
  var lastvisit=new Object() 
  lastvisit.firstvisitmsg="<b><font color=white>This is your first visit to the Knitting Club Website. Welcome!</font></b>" //Change first visit message here 
  lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg="<B><font color=White>Welcome back! &nbsp; &nbsp;Last Website Revision (See Log)--- Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:58:15 PM</font></B></BR>" // Change subsequent visit message here" 
      
  
  lastvisit.getCookie=function(Name) { // get cookie value 
    var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); // construct RE to search for target name/value pair 
    if (document.cookie.match(re)) // if cookie found 
      return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] // return its value 
      return "" 
  } 
  lastvisit.setCookie=function(name, value, days) { // set cookie value 
    var expireDate = new Date() 
    //set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively 
    var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days)) 
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/"; 
  } 

  lastvisit.showmessage=function() { 
  if (lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")=="") { // if first visit 
    lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", 2, 730) // set "visitcounter" to 2 and for 730 days (2 years) 
    document.write(lastvisit.firstvisitmsg) 
  } else 
    document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg.replace("\[displaydate\]", new Date().toLocaleString())) 
  } 
  lastvisit.showmessage() 
}