I have a sign up form that is displayed to all new site visitors. If a user fills out the form, the next time they visit the site, I would like to display a "welcome back" message where the form would usually sit.

I am trying to do this via the jquery cookie plugin (<http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Cookie>).

My form would look like this:

```
<div id="sign_up_form_wrapper"><form id="sign_up" action="" method="POST" name="form">
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" id="checkbox" value="1">&nbsp; I accept the terms and conditions</a>
<br /><br /><input type="submit" value="ENTER">
</form></div>

```

And I am setting my cookie here:

```
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$().ready(function()
{
    $('#sign_upm').submit(function(e)
    {
        e.preventDefault();

        if ($('#sign_up input[name=checkbox]').is(':checked'))
        {
            $.cookie('agreed_to_terms', '1', { path: '/', expires: 999999 });
        }
    });
});
</script>

```

That will set the cookie when a user has checked the box, but now I need to do somehting like this:

if the cookie has been set, do this:

```
<div id="sign_up_form_wrapper">
<p>Welcome back, John</p>
</div>

```

otherwise do this:

```
<div id="sign_up_form_wrapper">
<!-- full form code here -->
</div>

```

Any ideas or pointers would be very appreciated, thanks.