Still Stuck?

If you’ve gotten to this page, you’re probably frustrated. Don’t think I’m being patronizing when I suggest you go take a break. Sometimes the best thing you can do for a problem is leave it alone for a minute. When you come back, the answer may be staring you in the face. If it’s not, let me offer you these additional suggestions.

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Check again for typos. Revalidate your code (see page 345).
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Check the easy pieces first. So many times I’ve spent hours fiddling with an exciting new tag that just wouldn’t work only to find that the problem was a typo in some tag that I’d used a thousand times before. Familiarity breeds contempt—check the stuff you think you know really well before you harass the newcomers.
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Simplify the problem. ...

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