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.

I'm talking about the page with the map on it rather than any of the local pages. Those tabs aren't there.

On the map page, even the "my local site" gives me a "coming soon..." message.

@EauRouge

Ooh, I like it! I've registered and added an attraction to my local page. It wanted a start and end date though, and there was no way to opt out of it. The attraction is open year round so I wasn't sure what to put.

There'll be some tool tips on the Add a Listing form very soon explaining things like that. For any ongoing listing, just put today's date in for the start date and make the end date in a year's time. It's basically so we can keep the listings up-to-date.

As an aside, can we now remove the very last location from our list of local sites? You couldn't do this before.

@SoupDragon

I'm talking about the page with the map on it rather than any of the local pages. Those tabs aren't there.

On the map page, even the "my local site" gives me a "coming soon..." message.

Ah, ok. Yes, the map's a bit glitchy We're about to release a fix to sort it.

Try clicking on the link to Bath Local in EmmaMumsnet's OP: then you'll see what we mean.

what's happened to our lovely small but perfectly formed kettering local then?

and i had it on good authority that there might be a Corby local

it's been swallered up by the whole of Northamptonshire

@SoupDragon

As an aside, can we now remove the very last location from our list of local sites? You couldn't do this before.

Once the My Local Sites glitch is fixed, you'll be able to select a primary site, and create a list of other favourites, so you'll be able to switch between favourite sites very easily

I want to remove all sites from the list of "my local" - at the moment I am stuck with one and it annoys me. It causes "local" threads to stick themselves to the top of my active conversations.

The UK Map is now fixed .Let us know if you're still having problems

@SoupDragon

I want to remove all sites from the list of "my local" - at the moment I am stuck with one and it annoys me. It causes "local" threads to stick themselves to the top of my active conversations.

They should have gone. Cos it's all new and different now.

Now that the map's fixed, wanna have a try and see what happens?

Local Talk doesn't work?

I think it's lovely :) Well done ... so far. Obviously lots of bits aren't up yet, and it's hard to tell what's working as there is NOTHING listed in my region!

On that subject, please can we have a "Show All" link for all the sections? Clicking onto blank pages got a bit annoying after a while.

Nice work, though. It's gonna be good.

Still up the Swannee on the iPhone...

@Pascha

Still up the Swannee on the iPhone...

Which Local are you looking for, Pascha?

emma I'm a tsarina too and other than your first email saying local was changing I haven't heard anything else. Do you still need me?

@GlaikitFizZombie

emma I'm a tsarina too and other than your first email saying local was changing I haven't heard anything else. Do you still need me?

Course we still need you! We'll get Emma to PM you.

Maybe it's our zombie names, Glaik!

It looks lovely - well done, Emma and all who worked on it.

Dundee doesn't seem to have any attractions though. :)

@SkippyYourFriendEverTrue

Local Talk doesn't work?

You're quite right. The Talk boards don't seem to be there yet. We'll check what's happening for you.

@MmeLindor

It looks lovely - well done, Emma and all who worked on it.

Dundee doesn't seem to have any attractions though. :)

Thanks. MmeL.

And, erm, fancy adding a few?

Using my laptop and can't get anything up for Cornwall

Will have a think - I've not been back in Dundee long so don't know much tbh. And my DC are older

@JenFrankenstein

Using my laptop and can't get anything up for Cornwall

Thank you for pointing that out. Looks like Cornwall link is broken

@JenFrankenstein

Panic not. We are on the case...

Mr Mainwaring!