I'd like to make a river

Hi, I’m on an iMac running Yosemite and Blender 2.71 and I followed the instructions in this tutorial (link below) on how to make quick fluid. My square turned to water but it wasn’t fluid. It stays as a solid square. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRlSVVxXwSU

I tried quick fluid because I followed another tutorial about how to make a river, and it was OK until 11 secs into the tutorial when the control panel he is using is now nothing like the 2.71 panel. I can’t select glass bdsf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mqcwhaOwI&t=11m10s

If someone can tell me what version of Blender he’s using I can complete the tutorial or Can anyone simply tell me how they make fluid water in Blender 2.71

Thanks

(Are you using Cycles, btw?)

I don’t know what has changed in the control panel since 2.71 that could mislead you (I’m using the latest development version, and it’s the same). In any case, if you can’t edit the material in the control panel, maybe you can edit it in a node editor?