diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1377554..d441580 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.swp
+test*
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index e831bb7..2620aa3 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
+# not only updates the post but inserts the description found in desc.md into the index.md then recompiles
+# only gets called if 
 post() {
 	# check directory existence
 	if [ -f markdown/post/$1 ] 
 	then
+		# compile the new post and drop it in ./post/
 		pandoc markdown/post/$1 --css bstyle.css -s -o post/${1%.*}.html
+		# check to see if we have to rebuild the post or not
+		if [ $2 == "n" ] 
+		then
+			echo "changing index.html for brand new post"
+		fi
 	else
-		echo "Check parameters as well: ./make.sh fileType inputFile"
+		# error message incase file was not found
+		echo "File \"$1\" not found in markdown/post"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -19,9 +28,21 @@ page() {
 }
 
 help() {
-	echo "Usage: \./make.sh fileType targetSource"
-	echo "fileType - \[post, page\] - specifices type of html doc to create"
-	echo "targetSource - the file itself that you created in the /markdown directory"
+	case $1 in 
+		type)
+			echo -e "[post, page] \n\tThe kind of page you want to add to the site"
+			echo "Different types result in different compilation locations"
+			;;
+		target)
+			echo "The file that you want to actually compile to html"
+			;;
+		flag)
+			echo -e "Available flags:\n\tr - rebuilds file, does not update index.html\n\tn - builds file, updates index.html"
+			echo -e "\t*Pages will not update index.html*"
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "./make.sh type target.md flag"
+	esac
 }
 
 "$@"