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.

@Iggly

I'm trying to add content to my local page.

However it's asking me for a date range for playgroups (which are indefinite so could finish at any time in the future) and also for parks. Now, my local park isn't planning to disappear any time soon, and even if it was I don't know anything about it.

So please, remove the date ranges or have the option to not fill it in as it is compulsory for everything I try and add!!!

Yes, we're aware of this one. On the case!

Thanks so much for adding stuff.

@Bumpinthenight

Or delete multiple entries.I shouldn't be allowed on a computer!

@BrainSurgeon

Hi sorry I disappeared - how rude

I am on a laptop so not the mobile site.
If I try the link to Local (right under the Mumsnet logo at the top of this page) I go to a white page with some code on it.

If I click on the link to the mumsnet local link in Emma's OP I get to a page proper with a few links on it, however top link called "Local" takes me back to the white code page though.....

The link with locations around London seems to work however none of those places is near me - I am between Egham and Bagshot, where should I go?

When you click on the link in Emma's OP, do you get to a page with a map on it?

@AnotherCerealNameChanger

Nothing seems to work for Norwich

Eek, really? Are you calling up local.mumsnet.com/norwich (no www at the beginning)

@dinkystinky

Looks v smart - but all the pages in MN Local for Brent for activities etc seem blank. Why is this? And how can I drill down to the area of Brent I'm interested in (which is Queens Park/Kensal Rise/Westminster borders)?

Hurray! Thank you.

And they're blank because we need folks like you to load up lots of great info for us. We reckon MNer listings would be much better than listings we could filch acquire from other lists - cos you lot definitely know what's good and what's not, local to you.

Re Brent: it could be that Brent doesn't have a Local Editor yet. Drilling down is definitely possible but it needs a Local Editor to get it going.

@exexpat

Even when I get into my local site (Bristol), via the map because the 'my local site' button doesn't work, I can't use it to get into local talk because neither of the supposed links work.

I know most of the rest of it will be content-free for the moment until we all have time to add some, but there are already lots of discussions going on in local chat, and now no way to access them unless they are already in 'threads I'm on'.

Think you needed a bit more testing before you launched this...

Hello. And yes, the Talk threads will be visible in a few days' time. Nothing that was in Talk before will be lost, though.

Because the Local sites are now separate from the main site, we have to migrate the Talk threads across the sites - and that takes a little while.

Hope you can bear with us.

Sorry I don't actually see a map, I see a link that says "view map" and when I click on that link, I get a list of locations

No actual map to be seen - just words

Ok Helen - will get on trying to put in some info about the Queens Park Activities/shops there. However will most likely only annoy the people in Harrow, Stonebridge Park, Northwick Park etc areas who are nowhere near QP....

@BrainSurgeon

Sorry I don't actually see a map, I see a link that says "view map" and when I click on that link, I get a list of locations

No actual map to be seen - just words

That doesn't sound AT ALL right.

Which Local are you looking for?

@dinkystinky

Ok Helen - will get on trying to put in some info about the Queens Park Activities/shops there. However will most likely only annoy the people in Harrow, Stonebridge Park, Northwick Park etc areas who are nowhere near QP....

Thank you!

And don't worry: am sure we can strongarm some people from Harrow, Stonebridge Park, Northwick Park to try and match you!

Sent you screenshot at [email protected]

All I'm doing is click on the link in the OP

What is supposed to happen when I do that?

@BrainSurgeon

All I'm doing is click on the link in the OP

What is supposed to happen when I do that?

You should go straight to a map.

Listen, if you tell me the local you want (by PM if you prefer) I can give you the direct link.

Ooh nice to see this area getting an overhaul. My area (Hull) has always seemed rather thin on the ground for MNers, hopefully though the new local section will get used and be useful.

Looking good!

For my 'local' area (Chelmsford), I am aware of some events/childrens centres but they're not actually in that area, just close - can I post them up or would be that too distracting?

Hi, could you do a Scotland "Angus" page area? There is no location for "all" the towns inbetween Aberdeen (shire) and Dundee

I live in a village between Egham and Bagshot / on the border of Surrey with Berkshire... so I guess either of those would be good! Ta

@NotGeoffVader

Looking good!

For my 'local' area (Chelmsford), I am aware of some events/childrens centres but they're not actually in that area, just close - can I post them up or would be that too distracting?

Of course. Providing it's reasonable that someone living near you could get to them - ie they're not a million miles away.

Chefette there is an Angus page. Click the link I. The op and click on the purple bit on the map above Dundee.

@BrainSurgeon

I live in a village between Egham and Bagshot / on the border of Surrey with Berkshire... so I guess either of those would be good! Ta

Try local.mumsnet.com/berkshire (no www)

Or local.mumsnet.com/surrey (no www)

@Chefette

Hi, could you do a Scotland "Angus" page area? There is no location for "all" the towns inbetween Aberdeen (shire) and Dundee

Try local.mumsnet.com/angus (no www)

Hmm, just went to post about a performing arts school and its crashed my computer!

Um...

If I click on 'local' in the banner, I get the same error message that JaquelineHyde was getting.

If I click on the link in the OP I get a very messed up page with no content, and error messages if I try to click on anything - I can send you a screenshot if it helps.

Using desktop site on an iPad I just get errors, e.g. (for bath page):

This page contains the following errors:

error on line 40 at column 19: Opening and ending tag mismatch: link line 0 and noscript
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

Bath | Mumsnet Local var local = ''; var showAds = 1;

@stealthsquiggle

Um...

If I click on 'local' in the banner, I get the same error message that JaquelineHyde was getting.

If I click on the link in the OP I get a very messed up page with no content, and error messages if I try to click on anything - I can send you a screenshot if it helps.

Yikes! Are you on a phone or a computer?

And if you say which Local you're after, I can give you a direct link.