Also I just tested a field out that i made by adding
$form['base']['testfield'] = array(
'#type' => 'textfield',
'#title' => t('Testfiled'),
'#default_value' => $node->testfield,
'#required' => false);
)and even though it made the field, I couldn't get any thing i typed in it to show up after I had saved the form. So i made a field called testfield. Typed a value in it, it was just a text field and then save. the value wouldn't show up on the page.
Not sure what to do now...