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(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
		}
		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 { // only name given, get cookie
			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]);
					// Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
					if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
						cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
						break;
					}
				}
			}
			return cookieValue;
		}
};