The more advanced we get with our SiteCatalyst implementation, the greater the amount of cookies that can be set. Every time you use a getValOnce a cookie is set. If you are using that a bunch there can easily be over 20 cookies set on a single page ( I have seen as many as 45). If this is a concern for you, then Cookie Combining Utility to the rescue.
This one is pretty easy to implement. Just add both chunks to the Plugin section of your s_code.js file and that’s all there is too it.
/*
* Function - read combined cookies
*/
s.c_rr=s.c_r;
s.c_r=new Function("k",""
+"var s=this,d=new Date,v=s.c_rr(k),c=s.c_rr('s_pers'),i,m,e;if(v)ret"
+"urn v;k=s.ape(k);i=c.indexOf(' '+k+'=');c=i<0?s.c_rr('s_sess'):c;i="
+"c.indexOf(' '+k+'=');m=i<0?i:c.indexOf('|',i);e=i<0?i:c.indexOf(';'"
+",i);m=m>0?m:e;v=i<0?'':s.epa(c.substring(i+2+k.length,m<0?c.length:"
+"m));if(m>0&&m!=e)if(parseInt(c.substring(m+1,e<0?c.length:e))<d.get"
+"Time()){d.setTime(d.getTime()-60000);s.c_w(s.epa(k),'',d);v='';}ret"
+"urn v;");
/*
* Function - write combined cookies
*/
s.c_wr=s.c_w;
s.c_w=new Function("k","v","e",""
+"var s=this,d=new Date,ht=0,pn='s_pers',sn='s_sess',pc=0,sc=0,pv,sv,"
+"c,i,t;d.setTime(d.getTime()-60000);if(s.c_rr(k)) s.c_wr(k,'',d);k=s"
+".ape(k);pv=s.c_rr(pn);i=pv.indexOf(' '+k+'=');if(i>-1){pv=pv.substr"
+"ing(0,i)+pv.substring(pv.indexOf(';',i)+1);pc=1;}sv=s.c_rr(sn);i=sv"
+".indexOf(' '+k+'=');if(i>-1){sv=sv.substring(0,i)+sv.substring(sv.i"
+"ndexOf(';',i)+1);sc=1;}d=new Date;if(e){if(e.getTime()>d.getTime())"
+"{pv+=' '+k+'='+s.ape(v)+'|'+e.getTime()+';';pc=1;}}else{sv+=' '+k+'"
+"='+s.ape(v)+';';sc=1;}if(sc) s.c_wr(sn,sv,0);if(pc){t=pv;while(t&&t"
+".indexOf(';')!=-1){var t1=parseInt(t.substring(t.indexOf('|')+1,t.i"
+"ndexOf(';')));t=t.substring(t.indexOf(';')+1);ht=ht<t1?t1:ht;}d.set"
+"Time(ht);s.c_wr(pn,pv,d);}return v==s.c_r(s.epa(k));");
Just add that code and watch the number of cookies being set on each page drop right down.
