That did it! I was pulling my hair out over that one! I was concerned that the ScriptLibrary/jquery statement would break something else since the page uses other javascript components but I don't see anything wrong so far. The link problem might have been inadvertently caused since "I think" I might have clicked "update links" when I copied the original theme folder to make the custom one.....didn't do that this time! Thanks guys.......now I can get these slideshows done...thanks!
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