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Come and spread the Mumsnet love locally!

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KateMumsnet · 07/07/2017 15:45

Hello everyone,

Have you found your new Local site yet? We've given all 170 of them a lick of paint, and we hope they'll really help to make parents lives easier (our mission, in case you didn't know Grin)

But we need your help! We're asking every MNer to nip over to their Local talk board and help a local parent out. Share your hard-won local knowledge on a thread - or ask your own question about what's going on near you: local schools, clubs, businesses - anything and everything local! The more bustling the Talk boards, the more useful they'll be - prizes to be won (including our exclusive MNHQ mugs usually available only to slebs etc!)

We're also on the lookout for a number of Local editors to keep Mumsnetters up to date about what's on in their area, on an ad revenue-share basis. Sound interesting? Ping us a mail on [email protected] and we can send you more info.

If you're already signed up to a Local site, you can see threads about your area in the 'Local' tab at the top of Active Conversations. If not, find your local Talk board via your Local site.

Cheers all! As ever, it's a work in progress and we're keen to know what you think - let us know in the thread below.

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AliceMumsnet · 10/07/2017 17:43

@MrsHathaway

No, I won't.

I'm stuck with a VERY old name change from when I set one up to post about events I used to run then but don't now. Furthermore I've significantly fallen out with the charity (long story but mismanagement, whistle blowing, etc) so absolutely can't be associated with it.

So no. Until and unless you sort out NC for Local, I'm going nowhere near.

HI @MrsHathaway

We've made it really easy to NC now (see Amy's post above), so we do hope you'll reconsider. Apologies for any inconvenience caused before.

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AliceMumsnet · 10/07/2017 17:07

@NeverTwerkNaked

I just clicked on the "local site" option in active convos and got a message "damn we can't find the page you were looking for"... I like the idea of local sites but have two issues:
  • my local areas are split in a bonkers way, I have three choices: Hampshire, Portsmojth and Southampton. But I live exactly in the middle between P and S so it's a weird choice to make! Why not just one Hampshire site
  • other negative: nearly all the posts (at present) are about schools/where to live. So it's not very interesting (understatement)

HI @NeverTwerkNaked

Sorry to hear you received an error message! Can you point us in the direction of exactly what you clicked on when this happened? Was it the green Local tab in Active? Or a specific thread itself? Any screenshots you can show us would be really helpful so we can go about rectifying this asap.

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AliceMumsnet · 10/07/2017 17:03

@AnarchyKitty

Hmmmm... I've just popped over to my local and it's dead. I'm up for reviving it if possible, do you think becoming an editor for it would help get it moving?

Hi @AnarchyKitty - certainly! If you mail [email protected] with the area/site you're interested we can send you more info

MNHQ

AmyGMumsnet · 10/07/2017 16:34

Thanks for all your comments, keep them coming! We're pleased to say that you can now NC for Local boards same as you can on the main boards, just go to My Account and change your NN before posting.

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AmyGMumsnet · 10/07/2017 16:30

@Zoflorabore

I still haven't met in person irl who's a MNer and I would be very happy to shake the Liverpool board up! My dp's default question when he gets in from work is " you on Mumsnet again? " Grin I loves it.

Thanks Zoflorabore! Grin

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AmyGMumsnet · 10/07/2017 16:29

@Somerville

Are there different rules for advertising on Local? From a peek at mine, all the posts are from spammers at this point. I wasn't sure whether to report or not.

Hey Somerville, thanks for flagging. Any advertising threads should have an MN sticky icon next to them. If there's no icon and you think it looks off by all means report! We're always happy to take a look and clarify matters.

MNHQ

AmyGMumsnet · 10/07/2017 16:24

@AnarchyKitty

Hmmmm... I've just popped over to my local and it's dead. I'm up for reviving it if possible, do you think becoming an editor for it would help get it moving?

Hello there! Yes, part of the role of being a local ed is posting on the boards and trying to drive traffic to it. If you're interested do please send us a mail to [email protected] and we'll come back to you asap.

MNHQ

AmyGMumsnet · 10/07/2017 16:19

@bubblesagain

I'm going to be annoying and point out that the local site is really crappy for tabbing navigation (accessibility). On the mumsnet site, when you use tab to navigate, the element you have tabbed to becomes highlighted with a border blue box so you know what element or menu item you are clicked on. When tabbing on the local site nothing is highlighted so you have no idea what you have tabbed across to as the focus css currently has outline none, which means for tab accessibility their is no indication when an element is selected.

www.outlinenone.com/ more info on why that css styling is important.

It's a 20 second fix and would be helpful.

Hi bubblesagain

Thanks for this feedback! We've passed it on to our tech team and it's something we'll definitely be looking at.

MNHQ

AmyGMumsnet · 07/07/2017 17:04

@AlwaysOldBeforeMyTime

Are local board available on the app? I can never seem to navigate to mine since I started using the app so don't tend to visit it anymore!

Hi there, they're not on the app as yet, but we'll keep you posted if there's any changes on this front.

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AmyGMumsnet · 07/07/2017 17:03

@Wh0Kn0wsWhereTheTimeGoes

I disconnected myself from mine a couple of years ago because all the threads were being stickied with big explanation marks in most active (or something like that) - has that changed now? To be honest, I pop in every now and then but it's a very big area and there's very rarely a thread I can help with even though I've lived in several parts of the county.

Hello there, thanks for posting! If you've got a Local site set as a 'home site' you may sometimes see active threads from your Local board on MN Active.

Do keep popping back, have a great weekend Grin

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