function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_showHideLayers() { //v6.0
  var i,p,v,obj,args=MM_showHideLayers.arguments;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) if ((obj=MM_findObj(args[i]))!=null) { v=args[i+2];
    if (obj.style) { obj=obj.style; v=(v=='show')?'visible':(v=='hide')?'hidden':v; }
    obj.visibility=v; }
}





var temp, temp2, cookieArray, cookieArray2, cookieCount;

function initiate(){

  cookieCount=0;

  if(document.cookie){

    cookieArray=document.cookie.split(";");
    cookieArray2=new Array();

    for(i in cookieArray){
      cookieArray2[cookieArray[i].split("=")[0].replace(/ /g,"")]=cookieArray[i].split("=")[1].replace(/ /g,"");
    }

  }

  cookieArray=(document.cookie.indexOf("state=")>=0)?cookieArray2["state"].split(","):new Array();

  temp=document.getElementById("containerul");

  for(var o=0;o<temp.getElementsByTagName("li").length;o++){

    if(temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].getElementsByTagName("ul").length>0){

      temp2				= document.createElement("span");
      temp2.className			= "symbols";
      temp2.style.backgroundImage	= (cookieArray.length>0)?((cookieArray[cookieCount]=="true")?"url(images/minus.png)":"url(images/plus.png)"):"url(images/plus.png)";
      temp2.onclick=function(){
        showhide(this.parentNode);
        writeCookie();
      }

      temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].insertBefore(temp2,temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].firstChild)

      temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display = "none";

      if(cookieArray[cookieCount]=="true"){
        showhide(temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o]);
      }

      cookieCount++;

    }
    else{

      temp2				= document.createElement("span");
      temp2.className			= "symbols";
      temp2.style.backgroundImage	= "url(images/page.png)";

      temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].insertBefore(temp2,temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[o].firstChild);

    }

  }

}



function showhide(el){

  el.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display=(el.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display=="block")?"none":"block";

  el.getElementsByTagName("span")[0].style.backgroundImage=(el.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display=="block")?"url(images/minus.png)":"url(images/plus.png)";

}



function writeCookie(){		// Runs through the menu and puts the "states" of each nested list into an array, the array is then joined together and assigned to a cookie.

  cookieArray=new Array()

  for(var q=0;q<temp.getElementsByTagName("li").length;q++){

    if(temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[q].childNodes.length>0){
      if(temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[q].childNodes[0].nodeName=="SPAN" && temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[q].getElementsByTagName("ul").length>0){

        cookieArray[cookieArray.length]=(temp.getElementsByTagName("li")[q].getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].style.display=="block");

      }
    }

  }

  document.cookie="state="+cookieArray.join(",")+";expires="+new Date(new Date().getTime() + 365*24*60*60*1000).toGMTString();

}

<!-- start Javascript

var errfound = false;
function error(elem, text) {
	if (errfound) return;
	window.alert(text);
	elem.select();
	elem.focus();
	errfound = true;
}

function loginCheck(f) {

	errfound = false;

	if (f.keyword.value == "")
		error(f.keyword,"Please Input the Keyword!");

  	return ! errfound;
}

// end Java script -->
