Sitemap trouble

So yesterday and again today I tried and failed at getting Django's dynamic sitemap generator to work in this blog. I followed a tutorial I found on learndjango.com and was able to get the tutorial's sitemap to work, but implementing it into my blog wasn't so simple. The tutorial was written by the same guy who wrote my Django for Beginners book, and it was easy enough for me to understand, but I seem to have trouble whenever I try implementing things on my own. Yesterday morning I managed to get the robots.txt working in this blog and in my main site after working through another tutorial on learndjango.com. Today I wasn't so lucky. I have a bad habit of picking things to do that are outside of my comfort zone and/or area of expertise, and then beating my head against a brick wall when they don't work right. I started working with Django a few years ago because of another Python book I bought, which had a very basic tutorial in the last chapter, so it seemed logical to continue with that kind of thing. But now, I can't help but wonder if I'm just wasting time with this shit. I'm going to forget about the sitemaps for now, and focus on my next book, Django for Professionals. Maybe there will be something in this book that will help me understand things. I really wish I had someone with similar expertise who I could consult with, but for now the best option I have is to post a question on StackOverflow.com, and hope that there's someone out there who can get me pointed in the right direction.