jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {   
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') {   
        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;   
    }   
};