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; 
	  } 
	};