Load JQuery cycle2 on loaded Ajax content

Question

I'm trying to initiate JQuery cycle on external HTML content loaded in with Ajax, but this doesn't seem to work:

$(".container").load("step2.html", function() {
                $.fn.cycle.defaults.autoSelector = '.cycle-slideshow';
});

the html is as follows:

<div class="cycle-slideshow second-prize-slider" data-cycle-manual-speed="2000" data-cycle-slides="p" data-cycle-timeout=5000 >
                                         <p>Jetzt<br />mitmachen & <br />gewinnen</span></p>   
                                         <p >Täglich<br>mitspielen & <br> Gewinnchance<br> steigern!</p> 
                                    </div> 

Answer 1

Just call the cycle initializer manually in your callback:

$(".container").load("step2.html", function() {
    $('.cycle-slideshow').cycle();
});

http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle2/api/

Answer 2

Yes it works only if you add $ symbol in a jQuery(document).ready(function($) and make your functions global to call them inside you ajax call:

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
  window.script_cycle = function() {
     $('.cycle-slideshow').cycle();
   }
// the function below if you want to add or change some attributes to your cycle
  window.cycle_attr = function() {
    $('.cycle-slideshow').cycle({ 
    fx: 'fade', 
    speed: 1500,
    });
   }
});
JQuery(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
url: 'http://yoururl.com',
data: { param : value }, // if youre using http://yoururl.com?param=value
success: function(data){
  script_cycle(); // global function from previous document.ready to be called here
} 
   });
// if youre using load same procedure here
$(".container").load("step2.html", function() {
    script_cycle();
   });
});

Seems to be a bug from the plugin the need for $ in the document ready, but using this procedure worked for me, Cheers!.