The biggest question is what additional problems are you having in making it work locally? I'd start with that - just trying it out and fixing stuff.

Some suggestions:

• Make sure you use strict and warnings. They will help in any debugging efforts (as well as make you code better, anyways.)
• Make sure you're thinking about what you're doing. Think through the ramifications of a given change and don't just "try it to try it".

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