There are no stupid questions! Welcome to the forum.
Please check that you have this line in the builds section of your now.json file: "use": "@frontity/now".
We are currently in the process of updating our documentation, so we will revise the deploy-on-now instructions and ensure that they are still accurate.
Thank you so much. Haven’t checked my replies here since last year. Frontity has come a long way now and it’s easier to use with more package and themes. Awesome job!