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            dismissButtonStyle = dismissButton.style;

        // Dismiss button
        dismissButton.href = '#';
        dismissButton.innerHTML = message;

        dismissButton.className = 'confirm';

        // Dismiss button style
        dismissButtonStyle.background = buttonColor;
        dismissButtonStyle.color = buttonTextColor;
        dismissButtonStyle['text-decoration'] = 'none';
        dismissButtonStyle.display = 'inline-block';
        dismissButtonStyle.padding = '0 15px';
        dismissButtonStyle.margin = '0 0 0 10px';

        return dismissButton;

    }

    /**
     * Create dismiss button
     * @param learnMoreLinkText
     * @param learnMoreLinkHref
     * @param linkColor
     * @returns {HTMLElement}
     */
    function createLearnMoreLink(learnMoreLinkText, learnMoreLinkHref, linkColor) {

        var learnMoreLink = document.createElement('a'),
            learnMoreLinkStyle = learnMoreLink.style;

        // Dismiss button
        learnMoreLink.href = learnMoreLinkHref;
        learnMoreLink.textContent = learnMoreLinkText;
        learnMoreLink.target = '_blank';
        learnMoreLink.className = 'learn-more';

        // Dismiss button style
        learnMoreLinkStyle.color = linkColor;
        learnMoreLinkStyle['text-decoration'] = 'none';
        learnMoreLinkStyle.display = 'inline';

        return learnMoreLink;

    }

    /**
     * Set sismiss notice cookie
     * @param expireIn
     */
    function setDismissNoticeCookie(expireIn) {
        var now = new Date(),
            cookieExpire = new Date();

        cookieExpire.setTime(now.getTime() + expireIn);
        document.cookie = "cookie_notice=1; expires=" + cookieExpire.toUTCString() + "; path=/;";
    }

    /**
     * Fade a given element out
     * @param element
     */
    function fadeElementOut(element) {
        element.style.opacity = 1;
        (function fade() {
            (element.style.opacity -= .1) < 0.01 ? element.parentNode.removeChild(element) : setTimeout(fade, 40)
        })();
    }

    /**
     * Utility method to extend defaults with user options
     * @param source
     * @param properties
     * @returns {*}
     */
    function extendDefaults(source, properties) {
        var property;
        for (property in properties) {
            if (properties.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
                if (typeof source[property] === 'object') {
                    source[property] = extendDefaults(source[property], properties[property]);
                } else {
                    source[property] = properties[property];
                }
            }
        }
        return source;
    }

    /* test-code */
    cookieNoticeJS.extendDefaults = extendDefaults;
    cookieNoticeJS.clearInstance = function () {
        instance = undefined;
    };
    /* end-test-code */

}());
</script>
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