diff --git a/classes/forms/outage/edit.php b/classes/forms/outage/edit.php
index 9c511e4..3419b48 100644
--- a/classes/forms/outage/edit.php
+++ b/classes/forms/outage/edit.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ require_once($CFG->libdir . '/formslib.php');
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
 class edit extends \moodleform {
+    const TITLE_MAX_CHARS = 100;
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * @see moodleform::definition()
@@ -47,7 +49,12 @@ class edit extends \moodleform {
 
         $mform->addElement('duration', 'warningduration', get_string('warningduration', 'auth_outage'));
 
-        $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string('title', 'auth_outage'));
+        $mform->addElement(
+            'text',
+            'title',
+            get_string('title', 'auth_outage'),
+            'maxlength="'.self::TITLE_MAX_CHARS.'"'
+        );
         $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
 
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description', get_string('description', 'auth_outage'));
@@ -65,6 +72,24 @@ class edit extends \moodleform {
     public function validation($data, $files) {
         $errors = parent::validation($data, $files);
 
+        if ($data['starttime'] <= time()) {
+            $errors['starttime'] = get_string('starttimeerrornotinfuture', 'auth_outage');
+        }
+        if ($data['stoptime'] <= $data['starttime']) {
+            $errors['stoptime'] = get_string('stoptimeerrornotafterstart', 'auth_outage');
+        }
+        if ($data['warningduration'] <= 0) {
+            $errors['warningduration'] = get_string('warningdurationerrorinvalid', 'auth_outage');
+        }
+
+        $titlelen = strlen(trim($data['title']));
+        if ($titlelen == 0) {
+            $errors['title'] = get_string('titleerrorinvalid', 'auth_outage');
+        }
+        if ($titlelen > self::TITLE_MAX_CHARS) {
+            $errors['title'] = get_string('titleerrortoolong', 'auth_outage', self::TITLE_MAX_CHARS);
+        }
+
         return $errors;
     }
 
diff --git a/classes/outagedb.php b/classes/outagedb.php
index 2fcaf75..59e2821 100644
--- a/classes/outagedb.php
+++ b/classes/outagedb.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class outagedb {
                 ['objectid' => $outage->id, 'other' => (array)$outage]
             )->trigger();
         } else {
-            // Not new, clean up the class (remove creator field) then update.
+            // Remove the createdby field so it does not get updated.
             unset($outage->createdby);
             $DB->update_record('auth_outage', $outage);
             // Log it.
diff --git a/db/install.xml b/db/install.xml
index 4f2297e..f375742 100644
--- a/db/install.xml
+++ b/db/install.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <FIELD NAME="starttime" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="When outage starts."/>
         <FIELD NAME="stoptime" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="When outage ends."/>
         <FIELD NAME="warningduration" TYPE="int" LENGTH="7" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="How many seconds before the outage to display a warning to all users."/>
-        <FIELD NAME="title" TYPE="char" LENGTH="20" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="Title for the outage (short description)."/>
+        <FIELD NAME="title" TYPE="char" LENGTH="100" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="Title for the outage (short description)."/>
         <FIELD NAME="description" TYPE="text" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="More information about the outage."/>
         <FIELD NAME="createdby" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="Who created this entry."/>
         <FIELD NAME="modifiedby" TYPE="int" LENGTH="10" NOTNULL="true" SEQUENCE="false" COMMENT="Who last modified this entry."/>
diff --git a/lang/en/auth_outage.php b/lang/en/auth_outage.php
index f232f1b..0febcae 100644
--- a/lang/en/auth_outage.php
+++ b/lang/en/auth_outage.php
@@ -24,25 +24,27 @@
  */
 
 $string['auth_outagedescription'] = 'Auxiliary plugin that warns users about a future outage and prevents them from logging in once the outage starts.';
-$string['pluginname'] = 'Outage';
-
-$string['menudefaults'] = 'Default Settings';
-$string['menumanage'] = 'Manage';
-
-$string['defaultwarningtime'] = 'Default Warning Time';
-$string['defaultwarningtimedescription'] = 'Default warning time (in minutes) for outages.';
 $string['defaultwarningmessage'] = 'Default Warning Message';
 $string['defaultwarningmessagedescription'] = 'Default warning message for outages. Use [from] and [until] placeholders as required.';
 $string['defaultwarningmessagevalue'] = 'There is an scheduled maintenance from [from] to [until] and our system will not be available during that time.';
-
-$string['starttime'] = 'Start date and time';
-$string['stoptime'] = 'Stop date and time';
-$string['warningduration'] = 'Warning duration';
-$string['title'] = 'Title';
+$string['defaultwarningtime'] = 'Default Warning Time';
+$string['defaultwarningtimedescription'] = 'Default warning time (in minutes) for outages.';
 $string['description'] = 'Public description';
-$string['modifyoutage'] = 'Modify Outage';
-$string['removeoutage'] = 'Remove Outage';
-$string['removeoutagewarning'] = 'You are about to permanently remove the outage below. This cannot be undone.';
-$string['outageslist'] = 'Outages List';
-$string['createoutage'] = 'Create Outage';
+$string['menudefaults'] = 'Default Settings';
+$string['menumanage'] = 'Manage';
 $string['modify'] = 'Modify';
+$string['modifyoutage'] = 'Modify Outage';
+$string['outagecreate'] = 'Create Outage';
+$string['outageremove'] = 'Remove Outage';
+$string['outageremovewarning'] = 'You are about to permanently remove the outage below. This cannot be undone.';
+$string['outageslist'] = 'Outages List';
+$string['pluginname'] = 'Outage';
+$string['starttimeerrornotinfuture'] = 'Start time must be in the future.';
+$string['starttime'] = 'Start date and time';
+$string['stoptimeerrornotafterstart'] = 'Stop time must be after start time.';
+$string['stoptime'] = 'Stop date and time';
+$string['titleerrorinvalid'] = 'Title cannot be left blank.';
+$string['titleerrortoolong'] = 'Title cannot have more than {$a} characters.';
+$string['title'] = 'Title';
+$string['warningdurationerrorinvalid'] = 'Warning duration cannot be zero.';
+$string['warningduration'] = 'Warning duration';
diff --git a/renderer.php b/renderer.php
index f95945d..d6848b1 100644
--- a/renderer.php
+++ b/renderer.php
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ class auth_outage_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base
     }
 
     public function renderdeleteconfirmation(outage $outage) {
-        return $this->rendersubtitle('removeoutage')
-        . html_writer::tag('p', get_string('removeoutagewarning', 'auth_outage'))
+        return $this->rendersubtitle('outageremove')
+        . html_writer::tag('p', get_string('outageremovewarning', 'auth_outage'))
         . $this->renderoutage($outage, false);
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class auth_outage_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base
         $html .= html_writer::empty_tag('br')
             . html_writer::link(
                 $url,
-                $img . ' ' . get_string('createoutage', 'auth_outage'),
+                $img . ' ' . get_string('outagecreate', 'auth_outage'),
                 ['title' => get_string('remove')])
             . html_writer::empty_tag('br');
 
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 0f174e7..6a77e7d 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (!defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL')) {
     die('Direct access to this script is forbidden.'); // It must be included from a Moodle page.
 }
 
-$plugin->version   = 2016090100;     // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
+$plugin->version   = 2016090500;     // The current plugin version (Date: YYYYMMDDXX).
 $plugin->release   = $plugin->version;     // Same as version
 $plugin->requires  = 2014051200;     // Requires Moodle 2.7 or later.
 $plugin->component = "auth_outage";