diff --git a/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js b/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js
index 53328fd4..95654d80 100644
--- a/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@ function checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, val
 function checkClaimName(name){
     const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-claim-name');
     const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name');
-    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateClaimName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that url ending has been taken', '/api/isClaimAvailable/');
+    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateClaimName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that ending is already taken', '/api/isClaimAvailable/');
 }
 
 function checkChannelName(name){
     const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-channel-name');
     const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-channel-name');
     name = `@${name}`;
-    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateChannelName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that name has already been taken', '/api/isChannelAvailable/');
+    checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateChannelName, isNameAvailable, 'Sorry, that name is already taken', '/api/isChannelAvailable/');
 }
 
 // validation function which checks all aspects of the publish submission
diff --git a/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars b/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars
index fa6d289b..efdf657e 100644
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div class="row">
 
-    <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+    <div class="column column--1 column--sml-10">
         <label class="label">URL:</label>
-    </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+    </div><div class="column column--9 column--sml-10">
         <div class="info-message-placeholder">
             <div id="input-error-claim-name" class="info-message info-message--failure"  hidden="true"></div>
         </div>