diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 38f2c00..43f1ef9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -12,3 +12,36 @@
  *= require_tree .
 */
 .caption { display: inline-block; background-color: #eee; border: 1px solid #333; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 1em; }
+.btn {
+display: inline-block;
+padding: 4px 10px 4px;
+margin-bottom: 0;
+font-size: 13px;
+line-height: 18px;
+color: #333;
+text-align: center;
+text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,.75);
+vertical-align: middle;
+background-color: #f5f5f5;
+background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #e6e6e6);
+background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #e6e6e6);
+background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,0 0,0 100%,from( #fff),to( #e6e6e6));
+background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #e6e6e6);
+background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #e6e6e6);
+background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fff, #e6e6e6);
+background-repeat: repeat-x;
+filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#e6e6e6', GradientType=0);
+border-color: #e6e6e6 #e6e6e6 #bfbfbf;
+border-color: rgba(0,0,0,.1) rgba(0,0,0,.1) rgba(0,0,0,.25);
+filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false);
+border: 1px solid #ccc;
+border-bottom-color: #bbb;
+-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
+-moz-border-radius: 4px;
+border-radius: 4px;
+-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
+-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
+box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
+cursor: pointer;
+filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false);
+}
diff --git a/app/models/card.rb b/app/models/card.rb
index 1416ac3..700cb3b 100644
--- a/app/models/card.rb
+++ b/app/models/card.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
   require 'open-uri'
 
   attr_accessible :id, :user_id, :name, :card_number, :card_permissions
-  validates_uniqueness_of :id,:card_number
+  validates_presence_of :user_id, :card_number, :card_permissions
+  validates_uniqueness_of :id, :card_number
   belongs_to :user
 
   def upload_to_door
diff --git a/app/models/user_certification.rb b/app/models/user_certification.rb
index 54c2891..8ae9ddb 100644
--- a/app/models/user_certification.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_certification.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class UserCertification < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessible :certification_id, :user_id
 
+  validates_presence_of :certification_id, :user_id
   validates_uniqueness_of :certification_id, :scope => :user_id, :message => 'already exists for this user.'  # Makes sure users don't get certified twice
 
   belongs_to :user
diff --git a/app/views/cards/_form.html.erb b/app/views/cards/_form.html.erb
index 3a63ed0..6a14351 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/_form.html.erb
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
     </div>
   <% end %>
 
+  <% @card.user_id = params[:user] if params[:user].present? %>
   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :user %><br />
-    <%= collection_select(:card, :user_id, User.all.sort_by(&:name), :id, :name) %>
+    <%= collection_select(:card, :user_id, User.all.sort_by(&:name), :id, :name, :include_blank => true) %>
   </div>
   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :name, "Card Note" %><br />
diff --git a/app/views/user_certifications/_form.html.erb b/app/views/user_certifications/_form.html.erb
index 919e8e5..cf571f6 100644
--- a/app/views/user_certifications/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/user_certifications/_form.html.erb
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@
     </div>
   <% end %>
 
+  <% @user_certification.user_id = params[:user] if params[:user].present? %>
   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :user_id, "User" %><br />
-    <%= collection_select(:user_certification, :user_id, @users, :id, :name) %>
+    <%= collection_select(:user_certification, :user_id, @users, :id, :name, :include_blank => true) %>
   </div>
   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :certification_id, "Certification" %><br />
-    <%= collection_select(:user_certification, :certification_id, @certifications, :id, :name) %>
+    <%= collection_select(:user_certification, :certification_id, @certifications, :id, :name, :include_blank => true) %>
   </div>
   <div class="actions">
     <%= f.submit %>
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
index 5d2e308..eaa42c7 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   </p>
 <% end %>
 <p>
-  <b>Card:</b>
+  <b>Card:</b><%= link_to "+ Add", (new_card_path+"?user="+@user.id.to_s), :class => 'btn' if can? :create, Card %>
   <% if current_user.admin? then %>
     <% @user.cards.each do |c| %>
       <%= link_to c.card_number, c %><%= "," unless c == @user.cards.last %>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   <% end %>
 </p>
 
-<b>Certifications:</b>
+<b>Certifications:</b><%= link_to "+ Add", (new_user_certification_path+"?user="+@user.id.to_s), :class => 'btn' if can? :create, UserCertification %>
 <ul>
   <% @user.certifications.each do |certification| %>
     <li><%= link_to certification.name, certification %></li>