diff --git a/components/DrawerComp.tsx b/components/DrawerComp.tsx
index b4ad2bbe..8e7d4375 100644
--- a/components/DrawerComp.tsx
+++ b/components/DrawerComp.tsx
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ const DrawerComp: React.FC<DrawerCompProps> = ({ isOpen, toggleDrawer }) => {
           </ListItem>
           {isAuth && user ? (
             <Box display="flex" flexDirection="column" alignItems="start">
+              <ListItem component={MuiLink} href="/profile" onClick={() => toggleDrawer(false)} sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
+                <ListItemText primary="Profile" />
+              </ListItem>
               {user.role === 'admin' ? (
                 <ListItem component={MuiLink} href="/admin" onClick={() => toggleDrawer(false)} sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
                   <ListItemText primary="My Account" />
diff --git a/components/Navbar.tsx b/components/Navbar.tsx
index d4df35aa..51a52a32 100644
--- a/components/Navbar.tsx
+++ b/components/Navbar.tsx
@@ -35,13 +35,18 @@ export default function Navbar() {
     setAnchorElUser(null);
   };
 
+  const handleProfileClick = () => {
+    router.push('/profile');
+    toggleDrawer(false);
+  };
+
   const handleSignOut = () => {
     localStorage.removeItem('token');
     window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('auth-change'));
     router.push('/auth/sign-in');
   };
 
-  const handleProfileClick = () => {
+  const handleAccountClick = () => {
     if (user?.role === 'admin') {
       router.push('/admin');
     } else if (user?.role === 'creator') {
@@ -123,8 +128,13 @@ export default function Navbar() {
                     onClose={handleCloseUserMenu}
                     disableScrollLock
                   >
-                    {isAuth && user && (user.role === "admin" || user.role === "creator") && (
+                    {isAuth && user && (
                       <MenuItem onClick={() => { handleProfileClick(); handleCloseUserMenu(); }}>
+                        <Typography textAlign="center">Profile</Typography>
+                      </MenuItem>
+                    )}
+                    {isAuth && user && (user.role === "admin" || user.role === "creator") && (
+                      <MenuItem onClick={() => { handleAccountClick(); handleCloseUserMenu(); }}>
                         <Typography textAlign="center">My Account</Typography>
                       </MenuItem>
                     )}
diff --git a/hooks/useEventForm.tsx b/hooks/useEventForm.tsx
index 6175ff29..d96f1fe7 100644
--- a/hooks/useEventForm.tsx
+++ b/hooks/useEventForm.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-import { ChangeEventHandler, FormEvent, useState } from "react";
+import {ChangeEventHandler, FormEvent, useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import { validateFormData } from "@/utility/validateFormData";
 import { Activity, FormErrors } from "@/models/activity";
 import useDateTimeSelection from "./useDateTimeSelection";
 import { ActivityDatabase } from "@/models/activityDatabase";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation';
 
 export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
-
+  const router = useRouter();
   const [eventData, setEventData] = useState<Activity | ActivityDatabase>(initialData);
   const [errors, setErrors] = useState<FormErrors>({
     eventTitle: "",
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
     eventCapacity: ""
   });
   const [selectedDate, setSelectedDate] = useState<Date | null>(null);
-
+  const [fixingErrors, setFixingErrors] = useState(false);
   // success/error messages for event creation
   const [successMessage, setSuccessMessage] = useState<String>("");
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<String>("");
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
     handleEndTimeChange,
   } = useDateTimeSelection("10:00", "11:00");
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (fixingErrors) {
+      const newErrors = validateFormData(eventData);
+      setErrors(newErrors);
+    }
+  }, [eventData]);
+
   const handleInputChange: ChangeEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = ({
     target,
   }) => {
@@ -61,7 +69,6 @@ export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
       ...prevEventData,
       [name]: value,
     }));
-    
   };
 
   // handling changes to the social media fields
@@ -113,7 +120,9 @@ export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
     e.preventDefault();
     console.log("Event Data: ", eventData);
     const newErrors = validateFormData(eventData);
-    if (Object.keys(newErrors).length > 0) {
+    const numNewErrors = Object.keys(newErrors).length;
+    setFixingErrors(numNewErrors > 0);
+    if (numNewErrors > 0) {
       setErrors(newErrors);
     } else {
       createActivity(eventData as Activity);
@@ -158,7 +167,9 @@ export const useEventForm = (initialData: Activity | ActivityDatabase) => {
         await queryClient.refetchQueries({queryKey:['events', 'myEvents', 'archivedEvents']});
         setSuccessMessage(data.message || "Event  successfully created!");
         setErrorMessage("");
-        // todo: navigate to a success page and clear form
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          router.push(`/event-detail?id=${data.activity._id}`)
+        }, 1200);
       } else {
         console.log("Failed to create activity:", response.status);
         throw new Error(data.message || "Failed to create the event.");
diff --git a/utility/validateFormData.tsx b/utility/validateFormData.tsx
index 17bc70db..e0723dd6 100644
--- a/utility/validateFormData.tsx
+++ b/utility/validateFormData.tsx
@@ -60,21 +60,13 @@ export const validateFormData = (data: Activity | ActivityDatabase): FormErrors
     };
   }
   // todo: add more error validation rules
-  if (data.eventCoverPhoto || !data.eventCoverPhoto) {
-    try {
-      new URL(data.eventCoverPhoto);
-    } catch {
+  const urlPattern = /^(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,})(?:[/?].*)?$/;
+  if (!data.eventCoverPhoto || !urlPattern.test(data.eventCoverPhoto)) {
       newErrors = { ...newErrors, eventCoverPhoto: "Event cover photo needs to be a valid URL"  };
-    }
   }
-
-  if (data.eventMeetingURL || !data.eventMeetingURL) {
-    try {
-      new URL(data.eventMeetingURL);
-    } catch {
-      newErrors = { ...newErrors, eventMeetingURL: "Event meeting URL needs to be a valid URL"  };
+  if (!data.eventMeetingURL || !urlPattern.test(data.eventMeetingURL)) {
+      newErrors = { ...newErrors, eventMeetingURL: "Event meeting URL needs to be a valid URL" };
     }
-  }
 
   // Overrides previous eventCapacity error check
   if (data.eventCapacity && isNaN(data.eventCapacity) || data.eventCapacity < 1) {