diff -r 000000000000 -r 40c8f766c9b8 src/cm/media/js/site/layout/base.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/cm/media/js/site/layout/base.js	Mon Nov 23 15:14:29 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// this == dom element
+onFadeEnd = function () {
+	$(this).remove() ;
+} ;
+
+_enqueueMsg = function(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) {
+	var m = $('<span>' + msg + '</span>').addClass("f-msg-cls").addClass(cls).appendTo("#t-msg-wrapper") ;
+	if (remainVisibleTime)
+		m.parent().animate({'opacity':.95}, remainVisibleTime).fadeOut(2000, onFadeEnd) ;
+	return m ;
+	
+}
+
+enqueueMsg = function(msg) {
+	var cls = "f-msg" ;
+	var remainVisibleTime = 2000 ;
+	_enqueueMsg(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) ;	
+}
+
+enqueueErrorMsg = function(msg) {
+	var cls = "f-msg-e" ;
+	var remainVisibleTime = 4000 ;
+	_enqueueMsg(msg, cls, remainVisibleTime) ;	
+}
+
+setCookie = function(name, value) {
+	var cookieExpire = new Date();
+	cookieExpire.setFullYear(2100, 0, 1);
+	$.cookie(name, value, {
+		'expires' :cookieExpire,
+		'path': '/'
+	});
+}
+
+/* utility function to remember form field value into cookie */
+rememberFormField = function(form_id, field_id, cookie_name) {
+	/* value gets fetched from cookie if possible */	
+	$(document).ready(function(){
+		var cookie_val = $.cookie(cookie_name); 
+		if (cookie_val) {
+			$('#' + form_id + ' #' + field_id)[0].value = cookie_val; 
+		}
+	})
+
+	/* value gets saved on submit */
+	$(document).ready(function(){
+		$('#' + form_id + ' input[type=submit]').click(function() {
+			var val = $('#' + form_id + ' #' + field_id)[0].value;
+			if (val) {
+				setCookie(cookie_name, val);
+			}
+	    });
+	})	
+}
+