diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133c808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+// MFWPT - archive.php 
+
+// function arl_kottke_archives GPL2.0, attribution below
+?>
+
+<?php 
+get_header(); 
+
+if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); 
+?>
+
+<secion class="archives">
+<?php
+	// if it is the month or category link
+	if (is_month() || is_category()) {
+?>
+
+	<h1 class="archive-search-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?> "><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
+	<div class="archive-excerpt"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
+
+<?php
+	// else it should be the original text
+	} else { 
+?>
+	<h1 class="archive-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?> "><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
+	<div class="archive-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
+
+<?php
+	} // if month or category
+
+endwhile; 
+?>
+		
+	<h2>Browse by date:</h2>
+	
+	<?php arl_kottke_archives(); ?>
+	
+	<h2>Browse by subject:</h2>
+	
+	<ul class="archive-taxonomy"><?php wp_list_categories('title_li=');?></ul>
+	
+	<h2>If all else fails, try searching for it&mdash;</h2>
+	
+	<?php get_search_form(); ?>
+	
+</secion><!--archives-->
+
+<?php 
+// 	endwhile; // end of the loop. 
+	
+get_footer(); 
+?>
+
+
+<?php
+/*
+
+This function was originally a plugin, GPL2, information below:
+
+Plugin Name: Kottke Style Archive
+Version: 0.3
+Plugin URI: http://www.lattimore.id.au/projects/wordpress/plugins/kottke-style-archives/
+Author: Alistair Lattimore
+Author URI: http://www.lattimore.id.au
+Description: Displays an archive of posts in the same style to http://www.kottke.org/everfresh.
+
+*/
+
+
+function arl_kottke_archives($month_separator = ' ', $month_format = 'M')
+{
+	global $wpdb;
+	$output = "";
+	$year = "";
+
+	$sql = "SELECT DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y') AS Year, ";
+	$sql .= "DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%m') AS Month ";
+	$sql .= "FROM $wpdb->posts ";
+	$sql .= "WHERE DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y') <> '0000'";
+	$sql .= " AND post_status = 'publish'";
+	$sql .= " AND post_type = 'post' ";
+	$sql .= "GROUP BY DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y'), DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%m') ";
+	$sql .= "ORDER BY DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y') DESC, DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%m') ASC;";
+
+	$months = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
+
+	if (!empty($months))
+	{
+		foreach ($months as $month)
+		{
+			// Add in the year heading
+			if (($year == "") || ($year != $month->Year))
+			{
+				if (strlen($output))
+				{
+					$output .= "<br />\n<strong>" . $month->Year . ":</strong>&nbsp;";
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$output .= "\n<strong>" . $month->Year . ":</strong>&nbsp;";
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Add in the monthly archive links
+			if ($year == $month->Year)
+				$output .= $month_separator;
+
+			$output .= '<a href="' . get_month_link($month->Year, $month->Month) . '">' . date($month_format, mktime(0, 0, 0, $month->Month, 1, $month->Year)) . '</a>';
+
+			$year = $month->Year;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$output = "<p>None available</p>\n";
+	}
+
+	print $output;
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/comments.php b/comments.php
index 621a792..4cd4e08 100644
--- a/comments.php
+++ b/comments.php
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * The template for displaying Comments.
- *
- * The area of the page that contains comments and the comment form.
- *
- * @package WordPress
- * @subpackage Twenty_Thirteen
- * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
- */
- 
+// MFWPT - single.php
+
+// uses code from Wordpress Twenty_Thirteen
+?>
+
+<?php 
 /*
  * If the current post is protected by a password and the visitor has not yet
  * entered the password we will return early without loading the comments.
@@ -17,11 +13,10 @@ if ( post_password_required() )
     return;
 ?>
  
-<div id="comments" class="comments-area">
+<section class="comments-area">
  
     <?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
-        <h2 class="comments-title">Comments:
-        </h2>
+        <h2 class="comments-title">Comments:</h2>
  
         <div class="comment-list">
             <?php
@@ -42,4 +37,4 @@ if ( post_password_required() )
  
     <?php comment_form(); ?>
  
-</div><!-- #comments -->
\ No newline at end of file
+</section><!-- #comments-area -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content.php b/content.php
index 08e3816..ee57e1e 100644
--- a/content.php
+++ b/content.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+// MFWPT - content.php
 
-// content.PHP
 ?>
 
 <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" >
@@ -11,13 +11,4 @@
 		<?php the_content(); ?>
 	</section><!-- /.blog-post -->
 
-	<section class="blog-comments">
-		<?php
-		// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
-		 if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
-			 comments_template();
-		 endif;
-		?>
-	</section> <!-- blog comments -->
-
 </article>
diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index 142affb..c0b3d95 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/footer.php
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+// MFWPT - footer.php
+
+?>
+
 <hr>
 
 <footer>
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index f778aa8..a475459 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?php
+// MFWPT - functions.php
 
-// function file for mfwpt
 
-// enqueue the stye
+// to do: clean this up
 
 function mytheme_enqueue_style() {
     wp_enqueue_style( 'style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ add_action( 'init', 'register_my_menus' );
 
 // remove unused word press features from header
 
-function remove_actions_parent_theme() {
+function remove_actions_from_theme() {
+// this removes a lot of the extras added in to <HEAD>
+// it also probably breaks a lot of things
+
 // 	remove_action('wp_head', 'rsd_link');
 // 	remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
 // 	remove_action('wp_head', 'feed_links', 2);
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ function remove_actions_parent_theme() {
     wp_dequeue_style( 'wc-block-style' ); 
     wp_dequeue_style( 'global-styles' );
     wp_dequeue_style( 'classic-theme-styles' );
-    
+    wp_dequeue_style('core-block-supports');
     
 	remove_action( 'wp_head', '_wp_render_title_tag', 1);
 	// remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_enqueue_scripts',  1 );
@@ -58,8 +61,11 @@ function remove_actions_parent_theme() {
 	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_shortlink_wp_head', 10, 0);
 	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_custom_css_cb', 101);
 	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_site_icon', 99);
+	remove_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wp_enqueue_global_styles' );
+remove_action( 'wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_global_styles', 1 );
+remove_action( 'wp_body_open', 'wp_global_styles_render_svg_filters' );
 } // remove_actions_parent_theme
-add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'remove_actions_parent_theme');
+add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'remove_actions_from_theme');
 
 function disable_emojis() {
 	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7 );
@@ -74,4 +80,8 @@ function disable_emojis() {
 } // disable_emojis
 add_action( 'init', 'disable_emojis' );
 
+add_action('wp_footer', function () {
+    wp_dequeue_style('core-block-supports');
+});
+
 ?>
diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index 6d55781..6c0538c 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<?php
+// MFWPT - header.php
+
+?>
+
 <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
-	
 <head>
 
-	<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
+	<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>">
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-	<title><?php wp_title(); ?></title>
+	<title><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></title>
 
 	<?php if ( is_singular() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); ?>
 	<?php wp_head(); ?>
@@ -15,13 +20,17 @@
 <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
 
 <header>
+	<h1> <a href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a> </h1>
+	<h2> <?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?> </h2>
 </header>
 
 <!-- Nav -->
-<?php  wp_nav_menu( array(
-	'theme_location' => 'header-menu',
-	'container' => 'nav',
-	'container_class' => 'mfwpt_menu'
-) );?>
+<?php  
+	wp_nav_menu( array(
+		'theme_location' => 'header-menu',
+		'container' => 'nav',
+		'container_class' => 'mfwpt_menu'
+	) );
+?>
 <!-- Nav -->
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b8eb7c6..8d51947 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+// MFWPT - index.php
+// This is the index page, which presents the river, 
+// and is the default for any of the other views that 
+// do not have specific php views
+?>
+
 <?php get_header(); ?>
 
 <main>
 
-	<?php
-		if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+<?php
+	if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+			// get the content.php 
 			get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
 		endwhile;
-		else :
-			_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain' );
-		endif;
-	   //get_sidebar();
-	?> 
+	else :
+		_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain' );
+	endif;
+	// pagenation for the pages
+	the_posts_pagination( array( 
+		'mid_size' => 2,
+		'prev_text' => "<-- ",
+		'next_text' => " -->" 
+	) ); 
+	//get_sidebar();
+?> 
 
 </main>
 
diff --git a/page.php b/page.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a198b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/page.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+// MFWPT - page.php
+
+?>
+<?php get_header(); ?>
+
+<main>
+<?php
+	// start the loop, check for posts
+	if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+?>
+
+	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
+		<?php the_content(); ?>
+	</article><!-- page -->
+
+<?php	
+		endwhile;
+	else :
+		_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain' );
+	endif;
+
+	// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
+	 if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
+		 comments_template();
+	 endif;
+?>
+</main>
+
+<?php get_footer(); ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/single.php b/single.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7731976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/single.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+// MFWPT - single.php
+
+?>
+
+<?php get_header(); ?>
+
+<main>
+<?php
+	// start the loop, check for posts
+	if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+?>
+
+	<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
+		<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?> "><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
+		<p class="blog-post-meta"><?php the_date(); ?> by <?php the_author_link(); ?></p>
+		<?php get_the_author_link(); ?>
+		<?php the_content(); ?>
+	</article><!-- blog post -->
+
+<?php	
+		endwhile;
+	else :
+		_e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain' );
+	endif;
+
+	// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
+	 if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
+		 comments_template();
+	 endif;
+?>
+</main>
+
+<?php get_footer(); ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 7b73e7d..b81fa77 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /*
 Theme Name: Motherfucking Wordpress Theme
-Theme URI: https://jacobhaddon.com/mfwpt
+Theme URI: https://code.jacobhaddon.com/Wordpress/mfwpt
 Author: Jacob Haddon
 Author URI: https://jacobhaddon.com
-Description: A no frills, fast loading site that works.
+Description: A no frills, fast loading Wordpress theme
 Version: 1.0
 License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Text Domain: mfwpt
 Tags:
-This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
+This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPLv2.0.
 This theme, like motherfuckingwebsite.com is satire
 Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
 */