jQuery - Cookie handling (creation, reading, deletion)

(1) Download jQuery
http://jquery.com/download/

(2) Download the jQuery cookies plugin.
http://plugins.jquery.com/cookie/

(3) Create, read and delete.

Create cookie:

$.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7, path: '/' });

Read cookie:

$.cookie('the_cookie'); 

Delete cookie:

$.removeCookie('the_cookie', { path: '/' });