Brill, thanks so much!

Hello again

Sorry to post yet again but just wanted to let you know of an exciting update.

After your feedback and comments regarding the app, we can now announce Local talk is now available on both the IOS and Android MN talk app

You can also now start a thread on your local site, directly from the app, by choosing a relevant local site in 'Topics'.

Local threads are also included in Active like they currently appear on desktop.

We hope this helps; this should make it a lot easier for you to post on local talk and engage with other local users. Thanks again for all your feedback.

Hi folks

Thanks to those that have posted on local talk, shared your hard-won local knowledge or asked your own question. We know it's a work in progress but we hope you'll be encouraged to engage more on your local talk boards.

As promised, we have ten prizes to give away to MNetters that have helped us out. We'll be PM-ing the lucky winners now

HI everyone

Thanks again for all your feedback.

We know how important having access on the app is to lots of you, and so Tech are currently working at sorting this. We hope it will be done in the near future, and will update you when this is ready.

Hi @Nikitasol

Once you're on the local site of your choice, you should now see a button on the top right of the nav bar that says 'Make home site' - click this and it will be set as your primary local site. If you'd like to subscribe to your local newsletter, just enter your email address in the newsletter box on that site's homepage and you'll then receive local events and news straight to your inbox.

Hope this helps

Hi Nikitasol,

To get signed up to Local just go to www.mumsnet.com/local and log in. You can choose your local area by clicking on the region and finding your area or using the search function. Choose your preferred area from this list and it'll take you to the Local homepage for that area.

Let us know how you get on.

[quote EduCated]@AliceMumsnet

It's doing it again.[/quote]

Hi @Educated

Thanks for flagging. This was released properly yesterday, so shouldn't be happening anymore. Could you check if it is and report back if not?

Thanks v much!

Hi folks

Just a few updates for you. Our Tech team are working on the username process, so that soon your username on the local boards should auto-default to your local one. We'll update you when this is live.

Tech have fixed the issue with talk threads from different locations appearing in Active conversations. If you have a local home site set, you should now only see an active thread from that area included in 'Active'

Which brings us on to the final part, it is now really simple to change your Local home site (huzzah!)

When you visit a Mumsnet Local homepage, you should now see a button on the right of the nav bar that says 'Make XXX home site'. Tech are making a few minor design changes to it so that it will be clearer. To make that your local home site, just click that button and it will say 'Site set'.

Please note this won't auto-subscribe you to that site's local newsletter, and so if you would like to receive local newsletters for that area there is a separate box on the local homepage where you can subscribe easily.

Hope this helps

Hi

This should be fixed today or tomorrow, so you should now only be seeing threads from your local home site rather than random locations, sorry about that.

Thanks Sherbert

We've replied to your email now.

Hi SouthChina

Thanks again for your feedback. Actually, things are a bit different since you were involved with Local a few years ago - our new business model is a profit-sharing one, so Local editors get a share of the revenue of MNHQ-sold ads which appear across Local sites, in proportion to the number of visitors to each site. There are also a variety of advertising options Local Editors can sell direct to clients - from sponsored content, to social media packages - and they keep the revenue from that themselves.

With that said, there are Local Editors that specifically take on the role to develop their digital skills in certain areas, such as social media management and editorial work. Some also want to become Local Editors because they genuinely want to provide a useful service for Mumsnetters in their area, which is great. We realise it's not for everyone, but we do believe it's an exciting opportunity to develop new skills, earn money and be part of the Mumsnet brand.

Hi EduCated

How odd! This should have been fixed but we'll get our Tech team to have a look. Is it still happening for you now?

Hi SouthChinaMorningPost

We're sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it. Things have changed quite a bit now, with brand new sites and a new business model which works on an ad revenue share basis. If anyone else is interested in the role do get in touch, and we can explain things in a lot more detail.

Hello everyone

Thank you for all the feedback! We're having a chat to tech about how we can make some further changes with Local usernames - we're looking into a system where if you post under a certain NN on Local then the Local boards will remember that name and treat it as your 'local' posting alias, until you opt to change it. So pretty similar to previously but with the ability to change it yourself if you want to, rather than mailing into HQ. We should know tomorrow about when we can implement this so we'll update on the thread asap!

Thanks for all the feedback about accessing Local Talk on the app too; we'll be looking into this.

We want sites to be as useful as possible for users so any feedback about sites covering too wide (or too small!) an area is really appreciated.

Thanks!

We're looking to get that error sorted ASAP.

Hi folks,

What is the link that's giving you the error message?
Any screenshots would be hugely appreciated!

Hi there, thanks for the feedback. Do you remember your Local username? If so you can just overwrite your MN NN with your Local NN when you create a new thread on local (and then same when you switch back to the main boards).

Hi @SquirmOfEels,

So at the moment, if you have a local site set, one active talk thread from your local board will appear in main Active (marked in green). We also have a new Local tab at the top of Active that will take you through to your Local talk board.

Hey, yes there is a Mumsnet Bedfordshire here - have a gander

Hello! Apols for the slightly tardy reply to this one

The ability to change your local site is coming very soon, but isn't live yet. In the meantime, can you send us a quick mail to [email protected] telling us which site you've got set as your local one and which one you'd like to be your local one?

@MrsHathaway

Timely cross post

I even checked earlier today!

Will have a look - though it seems people are mainly saying not to live in places I like, but rather in the ££££££££££££ footballers' enclaves so I'm clearly required for balance!

Haha! We look forward to seeing your posts setting then straight

Thanks for helping us out @PippaFawcett

That's exactly what we want to change, so fingers crossed with some help from MNers and HQ we'll get the talk boards a lot busier.

Any advice, info or love you could give the Manchester &Trafford talk board would be hugely appreciated by us

However if you feel you have the time, want to improve your skills and put your local know-how to good use - do email [email protected]
and we can ping you more details about becoming a Mumsnet Local Editor.

Thanks so much @MrsHathaway!

We'd love a bit of local chat in among the competition threads. Go on...there may be a mug in it for you...