diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 173e1ec32..fcd706631 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  - fixed: unable to purge trash
  - fixed: EMS not displaying all users with a badge
  - fixed: ems 2.0: ticket import/export borked
+ - Exposed user and url fields to shop vendors.
  - fixed: ems 2.0: code cleanup
  - fixed: WebGUI::Search - joinClass not documented
  - fixed: thingy's checkbox field
diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.18-7.5.19.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.18-7.5.19.pl
index d598cf620..8faeac07d 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.18-7.5.19.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.5.18-7.5.19.pl
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ updateAddressTable( $session );
 addProductShipping( $session );
 addGalleryImageDensity( $session );
 updatePaymentDrivers( $session );
+extendVendors($session);
 finish($session); # this line required
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Describe what our function does
-#sub exampleFunction {
-#    my $session = shift;
-#    print "\tWe're doing some stuff here that you should know about... " unless $quiet;
-#    # and here's our code
-#    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
-#}
+sub extendVendors {
+    my $session = shift;
+    print "\tExtending vendor properties..." unless $quiet;
+    $session->db->write("alter table vendor add column url text");
+    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
+}
 
 # Rename Thingy_fields subtext column
 sub renameThingyFieldsSubtextColumn {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Url.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Url.pm
index 558d9b69c..fe47b686a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Url.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Url.pm
@@ -90,16 +90,24 @@ sub getValue {
 	my $self = shift;
 	my $value = $self->SUPER::getValue(@_);
 	$value =~ tr/\r\n//d;
-     	if ($value =~ /mailto:/) {
-                return $value;
-        } 
-        elsif ($value =~ /^([A-Z0-9]+[._+-]?){1,}([A-Z0-9]+[_+-]?)+\@(([A-Z0-9]+[._-]?){1,}[A-Z0-9]+\.){1,}[A-Z]{2,4}$/i) {
-                return "mailto:".$value;
-        } 
-        elsif ($value =~ /^\// || $value =~ /:\/\// || $value =~ /^\^/) {
-                return $value;
-        }
-        return "http://".$value;
+	# empty
+	if ($value eq "" || $value =~ m{^http://$}i) {
+		return undef;
+	}
+	# proper email url
+    elsif ($value =~ /mailto:/) {
+        return $value;
+    }
+	# improper email url
+    elsif ($value =~ /^([A-Z0-9]+[._+-]?){1,}([A-Z0-9]+[_+-]?)+\@(([A-Z0-9]+[._-]?){1,}[A-Z0-9]+\.){1,}[A-Z]{2,4}$/i) {
+        return "mailto:".$value;
+    }
+	# proper web url
+    elsif ($value =~ /^\// || $value =~ /:\/\// || $value =~ /^\^/) {
+        return $value;
+    }
+	# improper web url
+    return "http://".$value;
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
index 2b3e3213d..2f816388b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Shop/Vendor.pm
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ The name of the vendor.
 sub update {
     my ($self, $newProperties) = @_;
     my $id = id $self;
-    my @fields = (qw(name));
+    my @fields = (qw(name userId url));
     foreach my $field (@fields) {
         $properties{$id}{$field} = (exists $newProperties->{$field}) ? $newProperties->{$field} : $properties{$id}{$field};
     }
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ sub www_edit {
     $f->hidden(name=>'method',value=>'editSave');
     $f->hidden(name=>'vendorId',value=>$properties->{vendorId});
     $f->readOnly(label=>$i18n->get('date created'),value=>$properties->{dateCreated});
-    $f->text(name=>'name', label=>$i18n->get('name'),defaultValue=>$properties->{name});
+    $f->text(name=>'name', label=>$i18n->get('name'),value=>$properties->{name});
+    $f->user(name=>'userId',label=>$i18n->get('username'),value=>$properties->{userId},defaultValue=>3);
+    $f->url(name=>'url', label=>$i18n->get('company url'),value=>$properties->{url});
     $f->submit();
 
     # Wrap in admin console
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ sub www_editSave {
     my $form = $session->form;
     my $properties = {
         name        => $form->get("name","text"),              
+        userId      => $form->get("userId","user",'3'),              
+        url         => $form->get("url","url"),              
         };
     my $self = eval{$class->new($session, $form->get("vendorId"))};
     if (!WebGUI::Error->caught && defined $self) {
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Shop.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Shop.pm
index a3bf606b7..704e109bf 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Shop.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Shop.pm
@@ -831,6 +831,12 @@ our $I18N = {
 		context => q|a button a user clicks on to remove an item from the cart|
 	},
 
+	'company url' => { 
+		message => q|Company URL|,
+		lastUpdated => 0,
+		context => q|a field in the vendor screen|
+	},
+	
 	'checkout button' => { 
 		message => q|Checkout|,
 		lastUpdated => 0,