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