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.

Okay, when I click Northern Ireland on map I do get a little box, but it has a script in it that says:

/$escapeTool.html($current_site.urlName)

Which then takes me to a 404 message page.

Can't get anything for Herts on my phone. And still willing to be a tsarina if needed, Emma. :)

@JenFrankenstein

Mr Mainwaring!

Try it now

hmm you might be onto something there tee! I shall await my message! :)

Yay! Thanks Helen and Tech

I have tried Kent.

when i click on Kent on the map, it gives a lovely description of Kent, but when I try to click on any of the link/ buttons (i've tried them all) it gives a pop-up dialogue box "feature is coming soon" and then the page goes to "false"

I tried to add a listing and the same happened.

@StripyShoes

Can't get anything for Herts on my phone. And still willing to be a tsarina if needed, Emma. :)

Hi Stripy
I'll PM you

okay, i've got Kent up by clicking the bath one and changing it to kent.

can I put my storytimes up?

@nickeldaisical

okay, i've got Kent up by clicking the bath one and changing it to kent.

can I put my storytimes up?

Please do!

I luffs it! now all you need are people to start using it and maybe it wouldnt look so ...blank! :o

Can I ask about what kind of things are supposed to be on there.

Is it ok to 'advertise' a company, ie to recommend a shop or cafe, and if it is how do we know that the person recommending is not the actual cafe owner?

And would MNHQ put eg the MN Academy courses on the local site?

I see that Ireland (as in Ireland proper not NornIron) doesn't even exist . It's like watching the BBC weather forecast.

It's all a bit er.. empty? Is there anyone else in Lincolnshire?

thanks.
I've worked out how to put my shop on there (i think) but i haven't found the events listing yet.

It looks really good, though! (your new local site, not my shop...)

@SecretSquirrels

It's all a bit er.. empty? Is there anyone else in Lincolnshire?

We're hoping they'll be much fuller soon. Do feel free to add stuff, please.

And have a look at the Bath site EmmaMumsnet links to in her OP - you'll get a better idea of what all the sites could look like soon.

@MmeLindor

Can I ask about what kind of things are supposed to be on there.

Is it ok to 'advertise' a company, ie to recommend a shop or cafe, and if it is how do we know that the person recommending is not the actual cafe owner?

There are ways and means, I believe

But EmmaMumsnet will know more about this than me. She's not here right now but we'll make sure she sees this.

ooh, it's really easy to list things!

i must spread the word!

MmeLindor - when you list something, there's a box that you can tick that says "i'm the owner of this business and i want to edit the listing in the future"

which must mean it's okay.

@nickeldaisical

MmeLindor - when you list something, there's a box that you can tick that says "i'm the owner of this business and i want to edit the listing in the future"

which must mean it's okay.

Yes, it's OK to list your own business. But it's not OK to recommend it susequently.

oh, i see! no, i didn't mean to recommend it!

I've just told my facebook fans about it, so hopefully, you'll get more listings soon!

How exciting! (and another thing we can do better than nethuns...)

ok, will add the MN course then. Cool.

Will try and add some other stuff - is it Dundee and surrounding area, so I could list things in Fife - or should that go somewhere else?

Perth isn't working, btw. Coming up iwth 500 Servlet Exception

I'm on my android and absolutely everything i have clicked on gives me an error message with a html link but the links seem to work so i get there eventually it looks great definitely worthy of champagne.

HelenMumsnet (MNHQ) Wed 17-Oct-12 14:57:29

Which Local are you looking for, Pascha?
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Kent, but on the iphone. I just get

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.

Kent | Mumsnet Local var local = "; var showAds = 1;

i got it through local.mumsnet.com/kent

:)