ITunes 11 won't take my .m4r files :/

I know this has been asked a million times, but I am having a serious problem with trying to get a ringtone on my phone :/ I have tried every solution I've found on here and everywhere else on the web where I've found a "solution" tons of people happy that their problems have been solved and so easily by everything I've tried, but I'm beginning to think that I am  a unique case. I have gone through every step: selecting a file, get info, choosing section (the file is only 4 seconds long), creating an AAC version, moving the AAC to the desktop, changing it from .m4a to .m4r, deleting both .mp3 and .aac files from my library, aaaaaaaaaaaand that's where it goes wonky :/
I've tried to drag it into iTunes, it won't accept it. Simply put, nothing happens at all.
I've tried to go under file and "Add file to library" to no avial.
I've gone into the files and created a folder for Tones and added it to that; nope.
I've removed the .mp3 file and then used iTunes to "locate" the .m4r file. This makes it work on iTunes, but it wouldnt sync to my phone.
In my latest attempt, I went into iTunes media and dropped the .m4r file into the "Automatically add to iTunes". It vanished as soon as it went it, and a new Tones folder was created in media next to music. I lept for joy thinking I was done; but I should've known better :/ I sync'd my iPhone 4 and sure enough, the file was not there under tones.
I give up...
Someone please help :c thanks in advance

This is embarassing... Problem solved, I found another page that told me I had to go into iTunes and tell the iPhone to sync tones. I had no knowledge of this step until now, very sorry. Everyone who see's this question, please remember to do that last step. All of my ringtones work now.

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