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;
    }
};

// cookie start

function getExpDate(days, hours, minutes){
	var expDate = new Date();
	if(typeof(days) == "number" && typeof(hours) == "number" && typeof(hours) == "number"){
		expDate.setDate(expDate.getDate() + parseInt(days));
		expDate.setHours(expDate.getHours() + parseInt(hours));
		expDate.setMinutes(expDate.getMinutes() + parseInt(minutes));
		return expDate.toGMTString();
	}
}

function setCookie(name, value){
	$.cookie(name, value);
//	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
//            ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires : "") +
//           ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
//            ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
//            ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function setCookie_no(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure){
	$.cookie(name, value, {'expires': expires, 'path': path, 'domain': domain, 'secure':secure});
//	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
//            ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires : "") +
//           ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
//            ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
//            ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function checkKey(e){
	var ev = document.all ? window.event : e;
	var key=ev.keyCode;

	if(key == 13)
		loginMe();
	return;
}

function getCookieVal(offset){
   	var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
	if(endstr == -1){
    	endstr = document.cookie.length;
	}
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function getCookie(name){
	var v= $.cookie(name);
	return v;
/*
    var arg = name + "=";
    var alen = arg.length;
    var clen = document.cookie.length;
    var i = 0;
    while(i < clen){
      var j = i + alen;
      if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg){
         return getCookieVal(j);
      }
      i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
      if(i == 0) break;
    }
    return;	
*/
}
//cookie end