electrical problems...

OK, so i rewired my alternator strait to the battery, not thinking it was going to be energized the whole time, and the battery was dead today. but after i disconnected the alternator from the terminal and took the battery out to charge it, i checked the resistance between the positive wire and negative wire and it was still off the meter. what could have possibly happened. my fuel gauge and oil light didn't work either. my car stopped running when ign1 was on, and i have MSD with no ballast. so i just ran the ignition switch all to ign2 and that seemed to have worked, and i tapped off the end of ign1. this was a temporary fix, but i feel like i may have messed something up somehow.