Trying to save username / password in cookie ; JQuery

Question

I saw this example about storing login information in cookie.

http://eisabainyo.net/weblog/2009/02/20/store-login-information-in-cookie-using-jquery/

Tried it, but can't seem to get it to work. I have to plugin and I don't see what's wrong here.

This page is Login.aspx which points to AccountMenu.aspx

EDIT IT'S FOR A DEMO, TEST, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. this site will never go online. I KNOW this is not the way to do it. I'm looking for help to solve my problem, not people telling me this is bad design.

(...)

    <div data-role="content">

    <form action="AccountMenu.aspx" method="post" id="login">

        <label for="email">Email</label>
        <input type="text" id="email" name="email"/>

        <label for="password"><%= GetLabel("password") %></label>
        <input id="password" type="password" name="password" />

        <div data-role="fieldcontain">
        <fieldset data-role="controlgroup">
            <input type="checkbox" name="remember" id="remember" class="custom" checked="true" />
            <label for="remember">Remember me ?</label>
        </fieldset>
        </div>

        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="submitted" />
        <button type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" data-theme="a"  value="<%= GetLabel("new-login") %>" ></button>
        <button type="button" disabled="disabled" data-theme="a" value="<%= GetLabel("new-account") %>"></button>        

    </div>

 </form>

    <script type="text/javascript">

        if ($('#remember').attr('checked')) 
        {
            var email = $('#email').attr("value");
            var password = $('#password').attr("value");

            // set cookies to expire in 14 days
            $.cookie('email', email, { expires: 14 });
            $.cookie('password', password, { expires: 14 });
            $.cookie('remember', true, { expires: 14 });                
        }
        else
        {
            // reset cookies
            $.cookie('email', null);
            $.cookie('password', null);
            $.cookie('remember', null);
        }

        var remember = $.cookie('remember');
        if (remember == 'true') 
        {
            var email = $.cookie('email');
            var password = $.cookie('password');
            // autofill the fields
            $('#email').attr("value", email);
            $('#password').attr("value", password);
        }

    </script>    

Answer 1

you need to actually call the code when the user fills in the form

$(document).ready(function() {

        var remember = $.cookie('remember');
        if (remember == 'true') 
        {
            var email = $.cookie('email');
            var password = $.cookie('password');
            // autofill the fields
            $('#email').val(email);
            $('#password').val(password);
        }


    $("#login").submit(function() {
        if ($('#remember').is(':checked')) {
            var email = $('#email').val();
            var password = $('#password').val();

            // set cookies to expire in 14 days
            $.cookie('email', email, { expires: 14 });
            $.cookie('password', password, { expires: 14 });
            $.cookie('remember', true, { expires: 14 });                
        }
        else
        {
            // reset cookies
            $.cookie('email', null);
            $.cookie('password', null);
            $.cookie('remember', null);
        }
  });
});