Incorporating jQuery plugin?!

Hi everyone!

Lately I’ve tried (unsuccessfully) to incorporate a cool jquery plugin into my wordpress blog, in two ways:
1. by cut and pasting code and uploading the plugin’s files – which didn’t work,
and
2. by turning it into a plugin – which also didn’t work.

Unfortunately I haven’t come across an accordion plugin that looks as nice as this one (yes I have definitely installed some of them available and tried modifying them to look as good, but they don’t) and would GREATLY appreciate if anyone could help me turn it into a plugin or guide me on how to incorporate it into a wordpress theme. 🙂

The url for the query accordion is http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/03/16/expanding-image-menu/.

Thanks a lot!