diff --git a/for-artists/index.html b/for-artists/index.html
index 0ac1278..e6ae989 100644
--- a/for-artists/index.html
+++ b/for-artists/index.html
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.css" />
 
     <!-- The website JavaScript file -->
-    <script src="scripts/populate.js" defer></script>
+    <script src="scripts/footer.js" defer></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <div class="wrapper">
+      <div class="wip">
+        <p>
+          This site is a <b>work in progress!</b> If you experience issues, please try waiting a minute and reloading before reaching out with questions.
+        </p>
+      </div>
 <main>
       </main>
     </div>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 32eb119..b9f0b2e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.css" />
 
     <!-- The website JavaScript file -->
-    <script src="scripts/populate.js" defer></script>
+    <script src="scripts/footer.js" defer></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <div class="wrapper">
+      <div class="wip">
+        <p>
+          This site is a <b>work in progress!</b> If you experience issues,
+          please try waiting a minute and reloading before reaching out with
+          questions.
+        </p>
+      </div>
       <main id="main">
         <header role="banner">
           <h1>FediZineFest 2025</h1>
diff --git a/scripts/populate.js b/scripts/footer.js
similarity index 52%
rename from scripts/populate.js
rename to scripts/footer.js
index 91d7665..3b0901b 100644
--- a/scripts/populate.js
+++ b/scripts/footer.js
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-/* populate WIP banner */
-let wipHTML = `
-<p>This site is a <b>work in progress</b>. If you experience issues, please try waiting a minute and reloading before reaching out.</p>
-`
-
-function populateWip() {
-  let wip = document.createElement("div");
-  wip.innerHTML = wipHTML;
-  wip.className = "wip";
-  
-  let main = document.getElementById("main");
-  let mainParent = main.parentNode;
-  
-  mainParent.insertBefore(wip, main);
-}
-
 /* populate footer */
 
 let footerHTML = `
diff --git a/signup/index.html b/signup/index.html
index 841ef69..b5fd15a 100644
--- a/signup/index.html
+++ b/signup/index.html
@@ -11,18 +11,34 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.css" />
 
     <!-- The website JavaScript file -->
-    <script src="scripts/populate.js" defer></script>
+    <script src="scripts/footer.js" defer></script>
   </head>
   <body>
     <div class="wrapper">
-      <div class="content" role="main">
-        <h1 class="title">FediZineFest 2025 Sign-Ups</h1>
+      <nav role="navigation" id="top-nav">
+        <a class="nav-item">
+        </a>
+      
+      </nav>
+      <div class="wip">
+        <p>
+          This site is a <b>work in progress!</b> If you experience issues,
+          please try waiting a minute and reloading before reaching out with
+          questions.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <main>
+        <header role="banner">FediZineFest 2025 Signups</header>
+
         <div class="iframe-flex">
           <div class="iframe">
-            <h2>Get notified when sign-ups go live!</h2>
+            <h2>Get notified when signups go live!</h2>
             <p>
               Form embed below not working?
-              <a href="https://airtable.com/app76cWa9xMbzWFn3/pag3eYElM2MGCn4g2/form">Open in browser</a>
+              <a
+                href="https://airtable.com/app76cWa9xMbzWFn3/pag3eYElM2MGCn4g2/form"
+                >Open in browser</a
+              >
             </p>
             <iframe
               class="airtable-embed"
@@ -35,7 +51,7 @@
             ></iframe>
           </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
+      </main>
     </div>
     <footer role="contentinfo" id="footer"></footer>
   </body>
diff --git a/styles/main.css b/styles/main.css
index c4507e9..c976624 100644
--- a/styles/main.css
+++ b/styles/main.css
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ a:visited {
   font-size: 1.1rem;
   font-weight: bold;
   padding: 0 .2rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
 }
 
 /* Page structure */
