diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
index 1a4418e..16969d3 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
-import { IUserAuth } from "../../schemas";
 import { attemptLogin } from "../../util/apiUtils";
-import { Button, Page, Panel } from "../ui";
-import Form, { FormConfig } from "../ui/Form";
+import { IUserAuth } from "../../schemas";
+import { Button, Form, Page, Panel } from "../ui";
 
 export default function Login() {
     // setup and local state
     const authContext = useAuthContext();
     const navigate = useNavigate();
     const [form, setForm] = useState<JSX.Element[]>();
-    const [input, setInput] = useState<IUserAuth>({
-        email: '',
-        password: ''
-    })
+    const [input, setInput] = useState<IUserAuth>({ email: '', password: '' });
 
     // retrieve and store state from form
     const getFormState = useCallback((received: IUserAuth) => {
@@ -29,18 +25,19 @@ export default function Login() {
         navigate('/');
     }
 
-    const formConfig: FormConfig<IUserAuth> = {
-        parent: 'login',
-        keys: Object.keys(input),
-        labels: ["Email", "Password"],
-        dataTypes: Object.keys(input),
-        initialState: input,
-        getState: getFormState
-    }
-
+    // check for logged in user and mount form
     useEffect(() => {
         if (authContext.user) navigate('/');
-        setForm(new Form<IUserAuth>(formConfig).mount())
+        setForm(
+            new Form<IUserAuth>({
+                parent: 'login',
+                keys: Object.keys(input),
+                labels: ["Email", "Password"],
+                dataTypes: Object.keys(input),
+                initialState: input,
+                getState: getFormState
+            }).mount()
+        );
     }, [])
 
     return (
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
index f88b3e4..5593047 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default class Form<T>{
     public labels: string[];
     public keys: string[];
     public dataTypes: any[]
-    public length: number;
     public state: T;
     public getState: (received: T) => void
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export default class Form<T>{
         this.parent = config.parent;
         this.keys = config.keys;
         this.labels = config.labels || this.keys;
-        this.length = config.keys.length;
         this.dataTypes = config.dataTypes || new Array(this.keys.length).fill('text');
         this.state = config.initialState;
         this.getState = config.getState;
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ export default class Form<T>{
     mount() {
         let output = new Array<JSX.Element>();
 
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.keys.length; i++) {
             output.push(
                 <div id={`${this.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
                     <label htmlFor={`${this.parent}-${this.keys[i]}`}>{this.labels[i]}</label>
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/index.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/index.tsx
index 29c073e..17b5ab6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/index.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/index.tsx
@@ -1,70 +1,36 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
+import { LoggedIn, NotLoggedIn, Registering } from "./variants";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../../context/AuthContext";
-import { attemptLogout } from "../../../util/apiUtils";
 import { IUser } from "../../../schemas";
-import Button from "../Button";
 import "/src/sass/components/Navbar.scss";
 
 const Navbar = () => {
     // setup and local state
     const navigate = useNavigate();
     const authContext = useAuthContext();
-    const [received, setReceived] = useState<IUser>();
+    const [received, setReceived] = useState<IUser | undefined>();
     const [displayed, setDisplayed] = useState<JSX.Element>();
 
-    // helper to unwrap async result
-    const handleLogout = async () => {
-        const success = await attemptLogout();
-        if (success) setReceived(undefined);
+    // lift and store state from navbar variants
+    const liftChange = useCallback((newValue: IUser | undefined) => {
+        authContext.user = newValue;
+        setReceived(newValue);
+    }, [])
+
+    const variants = {
+        loggedin:    <LoggedIn navigate={navigate} received={received} liftChange={liftChange} />,
+        notloggedin: <NotLoggedIn navigate={navigate} received={received} />,
+        registering: <Registering navigate={navigate} received={received} />
     }
 
-    // jsx variations
-    const navbarLoggedIn = (
-        <div id="navbar">
-            <div className="navbar-block">
-                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
-            </div>
-            <div className="navbar-block">
-                <p>Hi, {received?.firstname}.</p>
-                <span id="search-icon"></span>
-                <Button onClick={() => navigate('/profile')}>Profile</Button>
-                <Button onClick={handleLogout}>Log Out</Button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    )
-
-    const navbarNotLoggedIn = (
-        <div id="navbar">
-            <div className="navbar-block">
-                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
-            </div>
-            <div className='navbar-block'>
-                <button onClick={() => navigate('/login')}>LOG IN</button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    )
-
-    const navbarRegistering = (
-        <div id="navbar">
-            <div className="navbar-block">
-                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
-            </div>
-            <div className="navbar-block">
-                <p>Hi, {received?.firstname}.</p>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    )
-
     // side effects for live rendering
     useEffect(() => {
-        console.log(authContext);
         authContext && setReceived(authContext.user);
     }, [authContext])
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        console.log(received);
-        setDisplayed(received ? navbarLoggedIn : navbarNotLoggedIn);
+        setDisplayed(received ? variants.loggedin : variants.notloggedin);
     }, [received, setReceived]);
 
     return displayed || <p>Loading...</p>;
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/variants.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/variants.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8105222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Navbar/variants.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { attemptLogout } from "../../../util/apiUtils";
+import { NavbarType } from "../../../util/types";
+import Button from "../Button";
+
+const LoggedIn: NavbarType = ({ received, liftChange, navigate }) => {
+    const handleLogout = async () => {
+        const success = await attemptLogout();
+        if (success) liftChange!(undefined);
+        navigate('/');
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <div id="navbar">
+            <div className="navbar-block">
+                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
+            </div>
+            <div className="navbar-block">
+                <p>Hi, {received?.firstname}.</p>
+                <span id="search-icon"></span>
+                <Button onClick={() => navigate('/profile')}>Profile</Button>
+                <Button onClick={handleLogout}>Log Out</Button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+
+const NotLoggedIn: NavbarType = ({ navigate }) => {
+    return (
+        <div id="navbar">
+            <div className="navbar-block">
+                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
+            </div>
+            <div className='navbar-block'>
+                <button onClick={() => navigate('/login')}>LOG IN</button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+
+const Registering: NavbarType = ({ received, navigate }) => {
+    return (
+        <div id="navbar">
+            <div className="navbar-block">
+                <a onClick={() => navigate('/')}>RECIPIN</a>
+            </div>
+            <div className="navbar-block">
+                <p>Hi, {received?.firstname}.</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+
+export { LoggedIn, NotLoggedIn, Registering }
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diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/index.ts b/client/src/components/ui/index.ts
index 4c5ca96..5ed473b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import Button from "./Button";
+import Card from "./Card";
+import Divider from "./Divider";
+import Form from "./Form";
+import Navbar from "./Navbar";
 import Page from "./Page";
 import Panel from "./Panel";
+import UserCard from "./UserCard";
 
 export {
     Button,
+    Card,
+    Divider,
+    Form,
+    Navbar,
     Page,
-    Panel
+    Panel,
+    UserCard
 }
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diff --git a/client/src/util/types.ts b/client/src/util/types.ts
index c81347b..51b688a 100644
--- a/client/src/util/types.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { FC, ReactNode } from "react";
+import { Dispatch, FC, ReactNode, SetStateAction } from "react";
+import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { IUser } from "../schemas";
 
 interface PortalBase {
@@ -18,8 +19,15 @@ interface UserCardProps extends PortalBase {
     user: IUser
 }
 
+interface NavbarProps {
+    received: IUser | undefined
+    navigate: (path: string) => void
+    liftChange?: (newValue: IUser | undefined) => void
+}
+
 export type PageComponent = FC<PortalBase>
 export type PanelComponent = FC<PortalBase>
 export type ButtonComponent = FC<ButtonParams>
 export type ProtectPortal = FC<MultiChildPortal>
-export type UserCardType = FC<UserCardProps>
\ No newline at end of file
+export type UserCardType = FC<UserCardProps>
+export type NavbarType = FC<NavbarProps>
\ No newline at end of file