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;  
	}  
};