Hi D5000,
Thanks very much for helping me out. I just checked the debug window and it shows 0 connections, and no blocks have been downloaded. This is what I saw when entered "getinfo":

{
"version" : "v.0.3.2.1-alpha",
"protocolversion" : 60003,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"newmint" : 0.00000000,
"stake" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 0,
"moneysupply" : 0.00000000,
"connections" : 0,
"proxy" : "",
"ip" : "0.0.0.0",
"difficulty" : 0.00024414,
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1451804550,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
Nothing showed up when I typed in "getpeerinfo"
What should I do next? Is there anyway to check that the client is actually reading from my .conf file? Thanks for your help!!