still having brake problems:(

I used a vacuum power bleeder. It comes with a bottle that sits in the master cylinder to keep it full. Starting at the farthest wheel I hooked up the vacuum bleeder to the wheel cylinder bleeder created the vacuum and cracked the bleeder to bleed each one. Every time I did this I left the pedal in the upright position which means that it was not depressed at all. I think that might be the issue, is it supposed to be depressed to the flloor during bleeding?