jQuery.cookie = function (key, value, options) {

	 // key and at least value given, set cookie...
	 if (arguments.length > 1 && String(value) !== "[object Object]") {
		  options = jQuery.extend({}, options);

		  if (value === null || value === undefined) {
				options.expires = -1;
		  }

		  if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
				var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
				t.setDate(t.getDate() + days);
		  }

		  value = String(value);

		  return (document.cookie = [
				encodeURIComponent(key), '=',
				options.raw ? value : encodeURIComponent(value),
				options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
				options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
				options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
				options.secure ? '; secure' : ''
		  ].join(''));
	 }

	 // key and possibly options given, get cookie...
	 options = value || {};
	 var result, decode = options.raw ? function (s) { return s; } : decodeURIComponent;
	 return (result = new RegExp('(?:^|; )' + encodeURIComponent(key) + '=([^;]*)').exec(document.cookie)) ? decode(result[1]) : null;
};