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Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!

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PropitiousJump · 24/03/2026 18:15

I'm on browser, Safari. Layout is completely broken - no top bar, no trending at the side, just the posts down the middle. I have attached a screenshot. Please help get it back to normal!

Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!
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SomethingUniqueThisTime · 24/03/2026 18:24

Same problem for me. Using Safari on iPad.

begonefoulclutter · 24/03/2026 18:34

Same here, Chromebook.

The layout is totally screwed up and bizarre.

PropitiousJump · 24/03/2026 18:46

I have reported my own thread and asked if they can look at this urgently. It's absolutely awful, especially the disappearance of trending and the top bar.

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begonefoulclutter · 24/03/2026 21:43

Oh my, this is dire. @MNHQ what's going on?

SomethingUniqueThisTime · 24/03/2026 23:43

Absolutely dire. I’ve come back a few times to see if fixed, but not. It makes the site unusable.

Ijwwm · 25/03/2026 01:01

It’s an abomination! WTF have they done and who on earth decided this layout was a winner?

Can’t begin to try to describe how horrible it is to look at on screen, it’s discombobulating.

It being centred is horrible, the menu is horrible, why can’t we see the time/date that threads have been posted on? Am having to scroll in threads to get past huge blank spaces which just say “advertisement”.

Safari on iPad.

Ijwwm · 25/03/2026 01:04

I mean, this looks ugly as …

Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!
Ijwwm · 25/03/2026 01:08

As does this. I can’t fully explain why, it just looks wrong. Please bring back the date/time section at least.

Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!
UseOfWeapons · 25/03/2026 06:09

Sam here, using Chrome, but no trending or top bar, How do I know what I might fancy without trending, and navigation?

UseOfWeapons · 25/03/2026 06:38

Found trending at the bottom of each page, but that doesn’t make any sense, nor is it user-friendly. And the huge ads in the middle of threads is bizarre! MNHQ, what’s going on?

PropitiousJump · 25/03/2026 07:22

UseOfWeapons · 25/03/2026 06:38

Found trending at the bottom of each page, but that doesn’t make any sense, nor is it user-friendly. And the huge ads in the middle of threads is bizarre! MNHQ, what’s going on?

Oh, yes - so you have to scroll down through several screens to see it, rather than glancing over to the right to see if anything catches your fancy.

Surely this is some kind of error, not intentional - I can't believe it's deliberate - everything just got really complicated to navigate to.

Also, adverts have disappeared on mine, but I am getting annoying blank spaces saying 'advertisement'.

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PropitiousJump · 25/03/2026 07:27

This is what my 'in thread' adverts now look like. If I were paying MN to host adverts, I wouldn't be very happy about users getting a blank space! I'll gladly take the return of the adverts if the layout issues can be fixed.

Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!
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PropitiousJump · 25/03/2026 07:50

And this is what I see on the 'active list' - just a blank space. I don't use an ad blocker and I'm not on premium.

Mumsnet layout broken - unusable - help!
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RedRiverShore6 · 25/03/2026 07:56

Awful on iPad Safari, I just use it on iMac Safari now as it works on there, it has cut down my use a lot.

Clawdy · 25/03/2026 08:01

Similar problems here, started last night.

PropitiousJump · 25/03/2026 17:43

Yay, mine is back to normal - anyone else?

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SomethingUniqueThisTime · 25/03/2026 18:03

Mine is now back to normal.
Disappointing that no one from MNHQ bothered to comment on this thread.

PropitiousJump · 25/03/2026 18:15

Yes, didn't get a reply to my self-report either Sad but hey-ho, at least it's fixed.

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begonefoulclutter · 25/03/2026 20:16

SomethingUniqueThisTime · 25/03/2026 18:03

Mine is now back to normal.
Disappointing that no one from MNHQ bothered to comment on this thread.

Agree. I always thought they kept an eye on threads in 'site stuff' but perhaps not.

Clawdy · 25/03/2026 22:13

Mine back to normal too now. Not sure what happened there.

Ijwwm · 25/03/2026 23:10

Mine back to normal too, thankfully. My head hurt with that layout!

UseOfWeapons · 26/03/2026 06:17

Mine too👍

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