function showCart(){

var cookies=document.cookie;  //read in all cookies
var start = cookies.indexOf("ss_cart_" + serialNumber + "="); 
var cartvalues = "";
var linecount = 0;
var start1;
var end1;
var tmp;

if (start == -1)  //No cart cookie
{
  document.write("<span id=\"items\">0 Items<\/span>");
}
else   //cart cookie is present
{
  start = cookies.indexOf("=", start) +1;  
  var end = cookies.indexOf(";", start);  

  if (end == -1)
  {
    end = cookies.length;
  }

  cartvalues = unescape(cookies.substring(start,end)); //read in just the cookie data

  start = 0;
  while ((start = cartvalues.indexOf("|", start)) != -1)
  {
    start++;
    end = cartvalues.indexOf("|", start);
    if (end != -1)
    {
      linecount++;

      if (linecount == 2) // Total Quantity of Items
      {
        tmp = cartvalues.substring(start,end);
        colon = tmp.indexOf(":", 0);
         document.write("<span id=\"items\">");
        document.write(tmp.substring(colon+1,end - start));
        if ((tmp.substring(colon+1,end - start)) == 1 )
        {
          document.write(" Item");
        }
        else
        {
          document.write(" Items");
        }
        document.write("<\/span>")
      }
      start = end;
    }
    else
      break;
    }
  } // end while loop

  //close minicart HTML
}
/* end showCart() */