Chapter 1
Introduction
FAQ
Useful Links
Useful Keybinds
Helpful Advice
1. General Advice
2. Common Mistakes
Resource Pack Structure
Making a New Pack
1. Resource Pack Folder
2. Extracting the .jar File
Blocks and Items
1. Making Your First Texture
Texture Animation
Resolution
Changing Models
Blockstates
1. Different Looks for Different Cases
2. Variant Textures
Weighted Variants
Plant Color
GUI
1. Making a title screen panorama (WIP)
Entities
Other Visuals
Debugging
1. Common Problems
2. 1. Pack Missing from Menu
  2. Pack Listed as Out of Date
  3. Changes are Missing
  4. Purple and Black Texture
  5. Animated textures not working/look weird
3. The Output Log
4. 1. Activating the Output Log
  2. Interpreting the Output Log
Optifine
Language Files
1. Changing Text
2. Changing Text Color & Format
Sounds
Credits

General Advice

Before we get started I'm going to give some general advice when creating your resource pack:

Reverse engineer other resource packs. This will help you understand how resource packs work and can help a lot when it comes to blockstates, models, and optifine.
It is best to stick to one resolution size for your pack, changing resolution on a texture by texture basis can be jarring to players as well as potentially stress the texture system.
If you want to make sure builds using default textures look good with your pack, or vice versa, use the same colors as the default texture.