var slvIndicator = 'New';
 //     var slvIndicator = '<img src="http://dotnot.org/blog/ak-img/new.gif" alt="New" title="New since your last visit." />';
        
        function slvBanner() {
                var posts = slvGetCookie('wplastvisit_posts');
                var comments = slvGetCookie('wplastvisit_comments');
                if (posts == null || comments == null) {
                        return false;
                }
                var banner = '';
                if (posts == 1) {
                        banner += posts + ' new post and ';
                }
                else {
                        banner += posts + ' new posts and ';
                }
                if (comments == 1) {
                        banner += comments + ' new comment since your last visit.';
                }
                else {
                        banner += comments + ' new comments since your last visit.';
                }
                document.write(banner);
        }
        
        function slvShowNewIndicator(date) {
                if (parseInt(date) > parseInt(slvGetCookie('wplastvisit'))) {
                        document.write(slvIndicator);
                }
        }
        
        function slvGetCookie(name) {

        /**
         * Read the JavaScript cookies tutorial at:
         *   http://www.netspade.com/articles/javascript/cookies.xml
         */

                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));
        }