diff --git a/apps/core/migrations/0003_seed_navigation_data.py b/apps/core/migrations/0003_seed_navigation_data.py
index c701514..a5987f4 100644
--- a/apps/core/migrations/0003_seed_navigation_data.py
+++ b/apps/core/migrations/0003_seed_navigation_data.py
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@ def seed_navigation_data(apps, schema_editor):
             )
 
 
-def reverse_seed(apps, schema_editor):
-    NavigationMenuItem = apps.get_model("core", "NavigationMenuItem")
-    SocialMediaLink = apps.get_model("core", "SocialMediaLink")
-    NavigationMenuItem.objects.all().delete()
-    SocialMediaLink.objects.all().delete()
-
-
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
@@ -108,5 +101,5 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 
     operations = [
-        migrations.RunPython(seed_navigation_data, reverse_seed),
+        migrations.RunPython(seed_navigation_data, migrations.RunPython.noop),
     ]
diff --git a/apps/core/migrations/0004_alter_navigationmenuitem_link_url_and_more.py b/apps/core/migrations/0004_alter_navigationmenuitem_link_url_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9ce44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/core/migrations/0004_alter_navigationmenuitem_link_url_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.11 on 2026-03-02 19:35
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0003_seed_navigation_data'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='navigationmenuitem',
+            name='link_url',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='', help_text='URL or path (used only when no page is selected).', max_length=500),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='socialmedialink',
+            name='url',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text='URL or path (e.g. https://twitter.com/… or /feed/).', max_length=500),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/core/models.py b/apps/core/models.py
index 3cd3979..617c5fd 100644
--- a/apps/core/models.py
+++ b/apps/core/models.py
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ class NavigationMenuItem(Orderable):
         related_name="+",
         help_text="Link to an internal page. If unpublished, the link is hidden automatically.",
     )
-    link_url = models.URLField(
+    link_url = models.CharField(
+        max_length=500,
         blank=True,
         default="",
-        help_text="External URL (used only when no page is selected).",
+        help_text="URL or path (used only when no page is selected).",
     )
     link_title = models.CharField(
         max_length=100,
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ class SocialMediaLink(Orderable):
         max_length=30,
         choices=SOCIAL_ICON_CHOICES,
     )
-    url = models.URLField()
+    url = models.CharField(max_length=500, help_text="URL or path (e.g. https://twitter.com/… or /feed/).")
     label = models.CharField(
         max_length=100,
         blank=True,