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Here's a handy-dandy checklist to follow when creating modules that should help you get from beginning to end. If it helps, great. If not, please let us know on the message board.

1. Use the Module Maker to create your skeleton
2. Create a directory that uses your "module name" as its title.
3. Save your skeleton in that directory as index.html
4. Write some markup
5. Write some CSS that stays local to your module.
6. Validate your module. If it doesn't, check out the validation checklist (we like checklists).
7. Zip up your module directory
8. Upload it, but don't check the "deploy to AIM Pages" box.
9. Go to the playground and test it (it'll be in the User Created folder)
10. Make sure it works in both in at least Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox 1.5
11. Go back and re-upload your module and this time, you can check the "deploy to AIM Pages" box.
12. Go to AIM Pages and try it out (it'll still be in the User Created folder)!
13. Tell all your friends about your butt-kicking module, and then maybe go see a movie, read a book, take a nap, or go back to step one and create another module!

If you run into trouble with any of those steps, come tell us.