I almost went crazy trying to get it to work...and then suddenly today, after reading through many threads, I found what I had done wrong, and felt so n00bish it wasn't even funny.
I had placed the aweconf file correctly...but I had neglected to install awesome.package.
I felt like such a douche. So if anyone's having issues with getting Awesomemod to work...make sure you've installed the awesome.package as well as the aweconf file, if you chose to set the configurations that way.
That's my helpful tip. I am fully prepared to be mercilessly made fun of for my gross oversight.
