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;
           }
};