diff --git a/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_add_navigation_link_modal.html.erb b/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_add_navigation_link_modal.html.erb
index 8956c877e..5e88eb326 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_add_navigation_link_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_add_navigation_link_modal.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <span data-controller="modal" data-modal-root-selector-value="#add-navigation-link-modal-root" data-modal-content-selector-value="#add-navigation-link-modal" data-modal-title-value="Add Navigation Link" data-modal-size-value="l">
-  <button class="btn btn-primary ml-7" type="button" data-action="modal#toggleModal" id="nav-link-button">
+  <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-action="modal#toggleModal" id="nav-link-button">
     Add Navigation Link
   </button>
 
diff --git a/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_form.html.erb
index 3d5c09f03..002258beb 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/navigation_links/_form.html.erb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="form-group">
   <%= form.label :name %>
-  <%= form.text_field :name, class: "form-control" %>
+  <%= form.text_field :name, class: "form-control", required: true %>
   <div class="alert alert-info">A friendly name for the navigation link</div>
 </div>
 <div class="form-group">
   <%= form.label :url %>
-  <%= form.text_field :url, class: "form-control" %>
+  <%= form.text_field :url, class: "form-control", pattern: "^(https?:\/\/|\/)\w+\.[^\s]+$|^\/[^\s]*$", title: "The URL can be absolute by beginning with http/s or it can be relative beginning with a /", required: true %>
   <div class="alert alert-info">A full (external) or relative (internal) URL for the link</div>
 </div>
 <div class="form-group" data-controller="svg-icon-upload">
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
     <%= form.hidden_field :icon, "data-svg-icon-upload-target": "svgIconContent" %>
 
     <input
-      type="file" accept="image/svg+xml" class="form-control-file"
-      data-action="svg-icon-upload#selectSvgIcon" />
+      type="file"
+      accept="image/svg+xml"
+      class="form-control-file"
+      data-action="svg-icon-upload#selectSvgIcon"
+      <%= form.object[:icon].blank? ? "required=true" : "" %> />
 
     <div class="alert alert-info">An SVG icon should be uploaded</div>
     <div data-svg-icon-upload-target="svgIconMessageValidate"></div>