var enablepersistence=true 
var persisttype="sitewide" 

function get_cookie(Name) { 
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = "";
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) { 
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}

function savetabstate(){
var cookiename=(persisttype=="sitewide")? "tabcontent" : window.location.pathname
var cookievalue=(persisttype=="sitewide")? tabsourceindex+"|"+previoustab+";path=/" : tabsourceindex+"|"+previoustab
document.cookie=cookiename+"="+cookievalue
}

window.onunload=savetabstate