[jQuery] Need a cookie to cap the frequency of my sliding div

[somnamblst]

I just tried the cookie I used with my scriptaculous sliding div & it
did not cap frequency. I would like my cookie to cap the frequency of $
('#slidebar').slideDown("normal"); but not prevent a user from using $
('#slidebartrigger').click(function(){$
('#slidebar').slideToggle(); }); to interact with the same div. Is
this possible?


 My JQuery  function

$(document).ready(function() {
        initSlideboxes();

        function initSlideboxes()

{
$('#slidebar').slideDown("normal");
setTimeout(function()
{
  $('#slidebar').slideUp(3000);

}, 5000);

        $('#slidebar').html($('#hidebar').html());
        $('#slidebartrigger').click(function(){$
('#slidebar').slideToggle(); });

};

});