diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d55bd9c6..8168fa18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This is a set of plugins, themes, and configuration files for jQuery's website i
     </VirtualHost>
     ```
 
-You do not need to configure your `/etc/hosts` file for `local.*` because `jquery.com`'s DNS handles this for you.
+    You do not need to configure your `/etc/hosts` file for `local.*` because `jquery.com`'s DNS handles this for you.
 
 1. Place the WordPress core files in the document root you chose. (Don't install it.) You can do this any number of ways:
 
@@ -60,9 +60,17 @@ You do not need to configure your `/etc/hosts` file for `local.*` because `jquer
 
     RewriteRule . index.php [L]
     ```
+1. Make sure that you have assigned your WordPress files and directories the correct permissions.  
+For example, if your WordPress files are in the directory ```wordpress```, and you are running Apache under Mac OS X with the ```_www``` user:
+    ```
+    sudo chown -R _www wordpress
+    sudo chmod -R g+w wordpress
+    ```
 
 1. Go to `http://local.jquery.com` and walk through the standard WordPress installation. `web-base-template` includes a special install script that will initialize the entire network.
 
+1. Be sure to have node >= 0.8 installed on your system.  Some sites, such as download.jqueryui.com, require that version or greater.
+
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