Animation

I've been trying for the first time make a simple model of a Table with a sitting man. I wanted the man to animate, so I made animations, set Bones with Id-s and Helpers for the man. Also I set up Parents and Pivot Points and named the number Id-s in Matrices.
The problem seems to be that only a root-bone animates; when I tell the other bones to translate / rotate, nothing happens.

Is there a Tutorial for how to correctly set Matrices and Pivots? The Link here seems to be broken...