<div class="view_1 hidden">Основной вид материала</div>
<div class="view_2 hidden">Другой вид материала</div>
<div class="view_3 hidden">Третий вид материала</div>
<div class="view_4 hidden">Четвертый вид материала</div>

<div class="pointer type_1" onclick="Views.changeView(1)">Вид первый</div>   
<div class="pointer type_2" onclick="Views.changeView(2)">Вид второй</div>
<div class="pointer type_3" onclick="Views.changeView(3)">Вид третий</div>
<div class="pointer type_4" onclick="Views.changeView(4)">Вид четвертый</div>

<script type="text/javascript">   
var Cookie = {
    'get': function (name) {
              var nameEQ = escape(name) + "=";
              var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
              for (var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
                  var c = ca[i];
                  while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length);
                  if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return unescape(c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length));
              }
              return null;
          },
    'set': function (name, value, days) {
              if (days) {
                  var date = new Date();
                  date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
                  var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
              } else var expires = "";
              document.cookie = escape(name) + "=" + escape(value) + expires + "; path=/";
          }
}

var Views = {
    'currentView': function () {
       return Cookie.get('view-type') || 1;
    },
    'changeView': function (view) {
       var self = this;
       $('.view_' + self.currentView() + ',.view_' + view).toggle();
       $('.type_' + self.currentView() + ',.type_' + view).toggle();
       Cookie.set('view-type', view, 7);
    },
    'init': function (self) {
       var self = this;
       $(function () {
          if (self.currentView() == 1) {
             $('.type_1,.view_1').toggle();
          } else {
             self.changeView(self.currentView());
          };
       });
    }
}

Views.init();
</script>

.pointer { cursor: pointer }
.hidden { display: none }