Coo-eeh! Come tell us what you think of the New (hopefully much better) Mumsnet Local

[EmmaMumsnet]

Hello. We've been aware for a while now that MN Local isn't all it could be and we've been beavering away for several months now to make it much, much better.

And today's the Grand Unveiling of the all-new, all-singing, all-dancing (well, OK, not quite singing and dancing just yet) Mumsnet Local

We've reorganised the Local sites a bit (they were a bit random, geographically speaking, before). And, if you go to your nearest Mumsnet Local site, you'll see there's much more to it and it's much easier to find your way about. There are loads more categories for listings and space for reviews, and you'll find nearly new inside an expanded Classifieds section - which should make your Mumsnet Local an altogether more helpful place to hang out. Don't worry, we haven't lost the talk threads from old Local. They'll be reappearing in the new sites very soon.

Some Mumsnet Local sites are still a bit light on listings and info (we're working on that right now) but, if you'd like a look at what we're hoping all Mumsnet Locals will look like pretty darn soon, do have a butcher's at Bath. If you want to share something with other Mumsnetters on any of the sites, just click on Add a Listing (the pink button on the right just under the navigation bar).

Sites that are not far behind include Bedford, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bolton & Bury, Manchester & Trafford, Bournemouth & Poole, Brighton & Hove, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Exeter, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Surrey, and in London? Barnet, Lambeth, Hackney, Haringey, Hillingdon, Islington, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Waltham Forest boroughs.

And we're hoping all the other Local sites, including those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will be hot on their tails. We're looking to entice people to look after these sites, but more on that soon.

We've designed an easy-to-use Meet Ups page. If you want to volunteer to organise a regular meet-up in your area, just email [email protected] . There are more bits and pieces and snazzy new features to come, too. Once --Tech's had a bit of a lie down

We do hope you like what you see. Do let us know what you think - as ever, all feedback is most welcome.

@HelenMumsnet

[quote ScarePhyllis] I hate to rain on everyone's virtual parade, but is this one of those things that's really only ever going to work for London like everything else ? Where there is enough density of MNers and small enough geographical areas that the listings can actually be useful?

I mean, one page for the whole of NI? Really?

What do you mean, ScarePhyllis? There are pages and pages in every Local. Have a look here

Although Northern Ireland is not working at the mo - see previous posts.[/quote]

I think you mean one site ? that's because the map for Northern Ireland is still broken. Will report to tech. There are actually 7 sites in Northern Ireland. They're just not showing on the map yet. Which county are you in?

oooh Perth-Kinross.

I tried PerthandKinross, Perthshire, PerthKinross and a few other variations. :)

I tried to put in a review of a local park but it cut half of it off .

oh and it's posted it twice!

The links in the OP don't work for me - they just give an almost blank page, where some of the menu on the left looks like several bits are written over each other.

And when I try to access the Local pages direct from the homepage, I get an error message saying "Cannot continue. The Application is improperly formatted. Contact the application vendor for assistance" .

I am just on a regular laptop using Internet Explorer.

Devon can't get past the map.

The Bath bit looks good though!

@Jux

Devon can't get past the map.

In what way Jux?

@CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz

How do you get to it on the App? When I click on 'Topics' and go to MN Local, it just takes me to the local talk boards?

Sorry, couthy.
Think they are fixing the local mobile ishooes.

@CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz

it is still too early for Halloween
But atm I imagine my brain tastes amazing, it feels a bit like chicken noodle soup tbh - lots going on in both sets of OliviaMumsnetTowers

Yum yum yum. Chicken noodle braiiiiinz.

When I get to the page with the map, I click on Devon and get a white bubble saying Devon, but that's all. I have tried all the links on that page and they all result in a box saying Coming soon. The search box remains blank and I can't type into it to tell it to look for Devon or Exeter.

Could it be because I'm using an iPad?

Dunno if anybody's mentioned it yet, but external links are opening in the same tab. Tech: fix link targets!

Feeling slightly peeved that Bath's starting to look busy where my entire county is a howling void! I suppose I could try adding something ...
Was all that added by a Bath mumsnetter, then?

Jux, are you sure a link to Devon didn't appear elsewhere on the page? It's a bit peculiar (I'm on a PC). After you get your county's bubble, the link to the section appears up on the top right-hand side of the page - under 'View the London page', just in case we hadn't yet clocked that the regions are secondary to London.

Oh, I'll give that a go. I have my iPad landscape so that bit of the page isn't necessarily in view. I do think that clicking on your county should take you somewhere.....

It isn't working for me. It keeps trying to launch an application and then says the application is improperly formatted and to contact the application vendor. I'm on a PC.

thank you, garlic. I am very embarrassed.

Olivia (and Tech), I'm terribly sorry. I just had to scroll up a bit and there was Devon, Exeter and Plymouth. All links worked. I went to Devon and then to Exeter, but gave Plymouth a miss as it's getting late.

It looks lovely and works well.

I would quite like to have a link that gives me the opportunity to go to any of those 3 Devon, Exeter or Plymouth, from any page within the local site, iyswim. But I am nitpicking.

Well done you lot!

Love it, when every sections goes live will Fab!

Btw Tsarina's I just used my old Tsarina name as my local nickname.

It launched and I signed in, but once I was in my local area, everything I clicked came back with the "feature coming soon". I didn't click all the links just things I was interested in. No use to me for now.

I think it's luverly. Hope Techs head isn't hurting too much.

Off to add some content to Southampton....

I can't get it working either by clicking on the links or by the 'local' at the top