This is the first time i've ever used JQuery and my Javascript days are years and years behind me.

I'm trying to add a slideshow to a site that uses the CodeIgniter model-view-controller platform.  The slideshow i'm adding is the malsup cycle plugin ( http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/).

I have done the following:

1. I have downloaded the latest JQuery to my assets/js/ folder and renamed it to jquery.js

2. I have downloaded the latest cycle.js into the same folder.

3. In the controller file I have references to these js files in the page load info 'js_func' => array('assets/js/jquery.js', 'assets/js/cycle.js'),

4. At the end of my footer I have added the following code: 

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

  <script>window.jQuery || document.write("<script src='<?php echo base_url();?>assets/js/jquery.js'>\x3C/script>")</script>

  <script src="<?php echo base_url();?>assets/js/cycle.js"></script>

5. My slideshow is within a container and styled by a stylesheet and their are only 2 pics at the moment:

I thought that was all i needed.  Jquery in my assets, loaded on page load through my controller.  Cycle in my assets and loaded on page load through my controller.  

Any ideas?  I really don't know what i'm doing....

Thanks

Tom