Twitter Mood Light

Hello. Recently I started working on the arduino twitter mood light for a school project but have been running into issues with the setup of my wifi sheild. Up to this point I have been following the instructions from this website "WiFly Shield Hookup Guide - SparkFun Learn".
When I initially tried this the terminal sketch was not cooperating with my arduino UNO, until I downloaded and used the older version "GitHub - jcrouchley/WiFly-Shield: WiFly Shield". The issue I am running into now is that the serial monitor is showing that the board is not connecting to SPI or UART, and I was wondering if anyone knew why.

Pls follow instructions on website to simulate my actions and troubleshoot.

thelinc:
but have been running into issues with the setup of my wifi sheild.

WiFi Shield or WiFly Shield?