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Mumsnet Beta site - can you spare a few mins to have a look around?

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JustineMumsnet · 04/02/2022 17:29

As trailed last May, we’ve been working on a new version of the Mumsnet Platform for a while now and we’re aiming to release it in a few weeks' time. We’ve been testing the site with Mumsnetters since July last year and we’ve been incorporating their feedback along the way. Now we're ready for the next stage of testing and we’d love as many of you as possible to have a play with it and tell us what you think/ uncover any glitches or concerns.

Our main objective in re-platforming is to move onto a new code base that will allow us to develop and improve features much faster. We have kept the functionality largely unchanged for now, aside from small improvements to the user experience and to a few features that don't function at all well at the moment. So, for example, there is a new version of Search. We've also been working on improving Private Messages although they’re not included in the Beta site just yet but should be released next week - we'll post here when they are.

If you’d like to help us test the new platform:

  • When you access the beta website you’ll be asked for a passcode, please enter 246810

You can log in with your existing Mumsnet username and password.

For this test - we’ve taken a snapshot of the live site as it was at the end of 31 January - so any new posts, or changes you’ve made since then, won’t be reflected on the Beta site.

Whilst navigating around the Beta site, if you notice any usability issues or bugs, please report them via the “feedback” tab you’ll see on each page (see screenshot above). Any time you can spare to have a play (be it minutes or hours) will be hugely useful and much appreciated.

A few final things to note

1 - For now we're just focusing on the web version of the site, so if you only use the app, then we don't need you to participate just yet - we'll be looking at that in due course.

2 - If you’re a Premium member, this won’t be reflected on the Beta site just yet.

3 - If you’ve registered on Mumsnet with a social account, you may need to reset your password to login

Big thanks!

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LilyMumsnet · 04/02/2022 18:39

@Lougle

I'm on a laptop, but there's no 'feedback' button on any page that I can see.

First bit of feedback is that only some threads have a 'see next/see all' button for the OP's threads.

Hello!

Feedback form is here: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CDW3SZM

Thanks!

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LilyMumsnet · 04/02/2022 18:44

Hi both

We had to remove those images because of the details contained in them but thanks for flagging, we're debugging as we speak!

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MattTech · 04/02/2022 23:38

@OhYouBadBadKitten

Repeated.
That doesn't look right! Sorry about that.

Can you tell me what page you're looking at when you see this please?

Thanks Smile

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JustineMumsnet · 08/02/2022 12:27

Thanks for all the feedback thus far - it's incredibly useful. We're working through the points raised so I may not have answers to everything yet but it is all being noted I promise.

First off on the request for free testing - we really want to get genuine feedback from regular users before we put anything out there and incentives sometimes get in the way of that. As you may know we run regular product tests with incentives so do join our panel if you're interested in doing some of that.

Speed and older browsers
The beta website is technically a lot faster than the live website but older browsers aren’t always supported by new technologies and some of the frameworks we are using on our codebase require more up to date operating systems. We will be looking into specific issues with speed but updating your browser is advisable - not just for Mumsnet but for using the internet generally.

Font sizes and spacing
We are reviewing font sizes and spacing so we will let you know once this is updated and ready for review.

Issues with old posts showing
There was a bug that changed a lot of dates on the system so threads look old when they aren’t. Apologies we’re working on a fix for this now.
Any updates since 31st Jan 2022 will not be visible on the beta site because we’re just showing you a snapshot of data up at this time.

Last updated date on active
We haven’t had a last updated date on active for a while now.

Issues with expert posts being tagged incorrectly
Expert posts refer to webchats where we invite experts to answer questions on interesting topics. There's a bug on the beta which means that a lot of posts that shouldn’t be tagged as web chats have been tagged so they are appearing incorrectly as expert posts. We're working on a fix for this now.

See all / see next by OP not appearing on some pages
This is the same issue as expert posts - we’re updating this now so it should be fixed shortly.

Trying to log in on the registration tab
We think this is a good point and we're going to set the default to log in rather than register. Thanks

Colour coding
Customised colour coding on OP and your own posts should work if you have it set it up in the live website. If you’re not seeing the correct colours we'd be very grateful if you'd send us a screen shot of your customise settings on the live site and a screen shot of a thread on beta - that will help us determine the issue. It's also easy to set this up in the new site - click the account icon / my mumsnet > go to settings > go to talk settings page - you'll find it in there.

Threads I’m on being missing / showing all threads not limited
On the live site we have a setting to only show a year of ‘threads I’m on’ - in this new site we have no limit so you may see a lot more content there. If you'd prefer a limit it would be interesting to hear what you think a reasonable limit would be?

Big thanks for all the feedback thus far - as said we're keeping a very close eye on this thread and the survey forms and we'll let you know periodically how we're responding.

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KatyMumsnet · 08/02/2022 17:06

@Lougle just jumping in on this one

You should be able to see 'talk settings' in your account section - see screenshots.

Can you please send me a screenshot of what you're seeing if it looks different? If you'd rather not post it publicly then send to [email protected].

If you could let me know your device, browser and browser version that would be really helpful so we can track down the issue.

Thanks!

Mumsnet Beta site - can you spare a few mins to have a look around?
Mumsnet Beta site - can you spare a few mins to have a look around?
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KatyMumsnet · 08/02/2022 17:38

@Lougle that's the live website - we've only made changes in the beta website for now

Here's how to access the beta site:

Go to beta.mumsnet.com

When you access the beta website you’ll be asked for a passcode, please enter 246810

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KatyMumsnet · 08/02/2022 18:14

@Lougle on the live website it's in a different place - we've combined all the settings in one place in the new website.

In live - click on the circle/arrow next to talk and click customise

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