[jQuery] Cookies

[jQuery] Cookies


I'm really stuck in adding the cookies plugin to the sortables script
I have below. I don't even know where to begin. Can anyone help?
<script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function(){
                $(".column").sortable({
                    connectWith: '.column',
                    cursor: 'hand',
                    handle: 'h3',
                    opacity: 0.8,
                    change: function(e, i) {
                        // Post data back to server or update cookie
                    }
                });
                $(".widget").append('<div class="close"></div>');
                $(".close").click(function(){
                    if ($(this).parent().data("collapsed")=="yes") {
                        $(this).parent().data("collapsed","no");
                        $(this).parent().animate({height:$(this).parent().data
("height")});
                    } else {
                        $(this).parent().data("height",$(this).parent().height());
                        $(this).parent().data("collapsed","yes");
                        $(this).parent().animate({height:30});
                    }
                });
            });
        </script>
Many thanks in advance.
Craig