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;  
    }  
};  
function getcookie(name) {  
var cookie_start = document.cookie.indexOf(name);  
var cookie_end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookie_start);  
return cookie_start == -1 ? '' : unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookie_start + name.length + 1, (cookie_end > cookie_start ? cookie_end : document.cookie.length)));  
}  
function setcookie(cookieName, cookieValue, seconds, path, domain, secure) {  
    var expires = new Date();  
    expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + seconds);  
    document.cookie = escape(cookieName) + '=' + escape(cookieValue)  
                                            + (expires ? '; expires=' + expires.toGMTString() : '')  
                                            + (path ? '; path=' + path : '/')  
                                            + (domain ? '; domain=' + domain : '')  
                                            + (secure ? '; secure' : '');  
} 
$.cookie(’name’, ‘value’, {expires: 7, path: ‘/’, domain: ‘jquery.com’, secure: true});