jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {  
        if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
                options = options || {};  
                if (value === null) {  
                        value = '';  
                        options.expires = -1;  
                }  
                var expires = '';  
                if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {  
                        var date;  
                        if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {  
                                date = new Date();  
                                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));  
                        } else {  
                                date = options.expires;  
                        }  
                        expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString();  
                }  
                var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';  
                var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';  
                var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';  
                document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');  
        } else {  
                var cookieValue = null;  
                if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {  
                        var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');  
                        for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {  
                                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);  
                                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {  
                                        cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));  
                                        break;  
                                }  
                        }  
                }  
                return cookieValue;  
        }  
};