/**
 * Get the value of a cookie with the given name.
 *
 * @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
 * @desc Get the value of a cookie.
 *
 * @param String name The name of the cookie.
 * @return The value of the cookie.
 * @type String
 *
 * @name $.cookie
 * @cat Plugins/Cookie
 * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
 */
 (function($) {
	$.fn.edenCookie = 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;
	    }
	}
})(jQuery);