0 cached pages 0 expired pages

First, many thanks for this super-cache plugin — it seems like it will be very valuable.

I installed the plugin and everything went very smoothly as described in readme.txt

I even see a long list of html files in wp-content/cache!!!

However, on my WP Super Cache Manager page, I see: 0 cached pages and 0 expired pages. It doesn’t change from zero no matter what I do. Also, my site doesn’t seem to be loading faster.

Because I am a beginner programmer, the only directions that I did not understand was: “You must have mod mime, mod rewrite and fancy permalinks enabled. PHP safe mode should be disabled.” Since I don’t know what this means, I didn’t “do” any of it. Is this my problem?

Thank you in advance for any assistance/suggestions.

Warm regards,
Host Bee
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