diff --git a/app/controllers/text_marquees_controller.rb b/app/controllers/text_marquees_controller.rb
index f31b11a..d8dd4bd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/text_marquees_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/text_marquees_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TextMarqueesController < ApplicationController
 		texts = marquee.marquee_texts.collect do |mqt|
 			{
 				"text" => mqt.title,
-				"url" => mqt.url
+				"url" => (mqt.url || "")
 			}
 		end
 		{
diff --git a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/_text_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/_text_form.html.erb
index bcf9de7..5c3be6d 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/_text_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/_text_form.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 <% content_for :page_specific_javascript do %>
   <%= javascript_include_tag "lib/bootstrap-fileupload" %> 
   <%= javascript_include_tag "lib/module-area" %>
+  <%= javascript_include_tag "validator" %>
 <% end %>
 
 <!-- Input Area -->
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@
             <label class="control-label muted"><%= t(:url) %></label>
             <div class="controls">
               <%= f.fields_for :url_translations do |f| %>
-                <%= f.text_field locale, class: "input-block-level", placeholder: t(:url), value: (@marquee_text.url_translations[locale] rescue nil) %>
+                <%= f.text_field locale, class: "input-block-level",data: {"fv-validation" => "url;", "fv-messages" => "Must be a valid url.;"}, placeholder: t(:url), value: (@marquee_text.url_translations[locale] rescue nil) %>
+                <span class="help-block">Example: http://www.rulingcom.com/</span>
               <% end %>
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -59,4 +61,8 @@
     <%= link_to t('cancel'), admin_text_marquee_path(@marquee), :class=>"btn" %>  
   </div>
 
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  var formValidator = new FormValidator($("form.marquee_text_form"));
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/edittext.html.erb b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/edittext.html.erb
index 2abe884..a41265a 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/edittext.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/edittext.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%= form_for @marquee_text, url: admin_text_marquee_updatetext_path(@marquee_text), html: {class: "form-horizontal main-forms"} do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @marquee_text, url: admin_text_marquee_updatetext_path(@marquee_text), html: {class: "form-horizontal main-forms marquee_text_form"} do |f| %>
   <fieldset>
     <%= render :partial => 'text_form', locals: {f: f} %>
   </fieldset>
diff --git a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/newtext.html.erb b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/newtext.html.erb
index 197b3f7..1733b34 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/newtext.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/newtext.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%= form_for @marquee_text, url: admin_text_marquee_createtext_path(@marquee), html: {class: "form-horizontal main-forms"} do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @marquee_text, url: admin_text_marquee_createtext_path(@marquee), html: {class: "form-horizontal main-forms marquee_text_form"} do |f| %>
   <fieldset>
     <%= render :partial => 'text_form', locals: {f: f} %>
   </fieldset>