diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
index 7755e467b..6fdb20c50 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@
           });
         }
 
-      function validateUrl(url) {
+      function validateUrlSite(url) {
           return $.ajax({
             type: "GET",
             url: '/api/data_validation?data=' + encodeURIComponent(url),
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@
         this.resendBandInvitation = resendBandInvitation;
         this.getMount = getMount;
         this.createSourceChange = createSourceChange;
-        this.validateUrl = validateUrl;
+        this.validateUrlSite = validateUrlSite;
 
         return this;
     };
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/website_validator.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/website_validator.js.coffee
index 2475402ff..43c824427 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/website_validator.js.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/website_validator.js.coffee
@@ -3,28 +3,37 @@ context = window
 context.JK ||= {};
 
 context.JK.WebsiteValidator = class WebsiteValidator
+
   constructor: (@app, input_div) ->
     @EVENTS = context.JK.EVENTS
     @rest = context.JK.Rest()
     @input_div = input_div
     @url_input = @input_div.find('input')
-    this.show_validation_status()
+    this.show_format_status()
     @logger = context.JK.logger
+    @site_status = null
 
   init: () =>
-    validator = this;
+    validator = this
     @url_input.bind 'blur', ->
-      alert 'invalid' unless validator.show_validation_status()
-      validator.validate_url_site()
+      if validator.show_format_status()
+        validator.validate_url_site()
+
+  url_to_validate: () =>
+    url = @url_input.val()
+    if 0 < url.length
+      url.substring(0,2000)
+    else
+      null
 
   validate_url_format: () =>
-    regexp = /(ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/
-    regexp.test(@url_input.val())
+    regexp = /(http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/
+    regexp.test(this.url_to_validate())
 
-  show_validation_status: () =>
-    url = @url_input.val()
+  show_format_status: () =>
+    url = this.url_to_validate()
     yn = true
-    if 0 < url.length
+    if url
       yn = this.validate_url_format()
       if yn
         @input_div.find('.valid_checkmark').show()
@@ -33,15 +42,18 @@ context.JK.WebsiteValidator = class WebsiteValidator
     yn
 
   validate_url_site: () =>
-    @rest.validateUrl(@url_input.val(), context.JK.currentUserId)
-      .done(this.processDidValidate)
-      .fail(this.processDidNotValidate)
+    @site_status = null
+    @rest.validateUrlSite(this.url_to_validate())
+      .done(this.processSiteCheck)
+      .fail(this.processSiteCheckFail)
 
-  processDidValidate: (response) =>
-    if 'valid' == response.message
-      @logger.debug("is valid")
-    else if 'invalid' == response.message
-      @logger.debug("is not valid")
+  processSiteCheck: (response) =>
+    if 'Valid Site' == response.message
+      @site_status = 'valid'
+    else
+      @site_status = 'invalid'
+    @logger.debug("site_status = "+@site_status)
 
-  processDidNotValidate: () =>
-    @logger.error("is not valid ... error")
+  processSiteCheckFail: () =>
+    @logger.error("site check error")
+    @site_status = 'invalid'
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
index ae7ede30b..1739f9999 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_users_controller.rb
@@ -704,8 +704,13 @@ class ApiUsersController < ApiController
     vtype = data =~ /^http/ ? 'url' : 'username'
     if 'url' == vtype
       if data.present?
-        `curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail --show-error '#{data}'`
-        render json: { message: $?.success? ? 'valid' : 'invalid' }, status: 200
+        result = `curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail --show-error '#{data}' 2>&1`.chomp
+        if $?.success?
+          render json: { message: 'Valid Site' }, status: 200
+        else
+          result =~ /curl: \(\d+\) (.*)/
+          render json: { message: 'Invalid Site', errors: [$1] }, status: 200
+        end
       else
         render json: { message: "blank data #{data}" }, status: :unprocessable_entity
       end
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/_website_validator.html.slim b/web/app/views/clients/_website_validator.html.slim
index 7573b166e..ec46ab565 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/_website_validator.html.slim
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/_website_validator.html.slim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 div class="website_validator" id="#{siteid}_url"
   div class="valid_checkmark" &#x2713; 
-  input type='text' id="url_input_#{siteid}"
+  input type='text' id="url_input_#{siteid}" maxlength="2000"