GitLab 9.3 release post

Review Apps link: https://release-9-3.about.gitlab.com/2017/06/22/gitlab-9-3-released/

Release Post 🎉

• Blog handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/
• Release post handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/

General Contributions

General contributions from the team.

Due date: 06/14 (6th working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release
• Add milestone
• Intro
• MVP
• Add cover image image_title (compressed)
• Upgrade barometer
• Top features
• Primary features
• Secondary features (improvements)
• Performance improvements
• Omnibus improvements
• Deprecations
• Documentation links
• Authorship (author's data)

Review

Content review (PMs)

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-in-progress
• General review (PM)
  • Check Features' names
  • Check Features' availability (CE, EES, EEP)
  • Check Documentation links
  • Update data/promo.yml
  • Check all images' size - compress whenever > 300KB
  • Meaningful links (SEO)
  • Check links to product/feature webpages
• Copyedit (Sean P, Rebecca, or Marcia)
  • Title
  • Description
  • Grammar, spelling, clearness (body)
• Final review (Job)

Structural Check

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-structure
• Check frontmatter (entries, syntax)
• Check image_title and twitter_image
• Check image shadow {:.shadow}
• Check images' ALT text
• Videos/iframes wrapped in <figure> tags (responsiveness)
• Add/check <!-- more --> separator
• Add/check cover img reference (at the end of the post)
• Columns (content balance between the columns)
• Badges consistency (applied to all headings)
• Remove any remaining instructions
• Remove HTML comments
• Run deadlink checker
• Update release template with any changes (if necessary)

data/release_posts/2017_06_22_gitlab_9_3_released.yml

@@ -59,14 +59,13 @@ features:
     - name: Conversational Development Index
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/admin_area/monitoring/convdev.html'
-      documentation_text: "Learn more about the Conversational Development Index"
+      documentation_text: "Learn more about Conversational Development Index"
       image_url: '/images/9_3/conversational_development_index.png'
       description: |
         GitLab is a fully featured software development platform to help
         you get your idea to production as quickly and efficiently as possible.
-        With GitLab 9.3, we are shipping **Conversational Development Index**
-        ([ConvDev](http://conversationaldevelopment.com/))
+        With GitLab 9.3, we are shipping **Conversational Development Index (ConvDev)** 
         to provide you with insightful metrics of your feature usage. It even compares your usage
         with other top-performers using GitLab in each area, helping you identify
         which parts you can further improve.
@@ -75,8 +74,10 @@ features:
         system administrators, aggregating data across your entire GitLab
         instance amongst active users.
-        **Note**: the data isn't publicly available on GitLab.com.
+        **Note**: ConvDev is not available on GitLab.com.
         {:.note}
+        
+        Learn mroe 
     - name: Protected Variables for Enhanced Pipelines Security
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
@@ -160,15 +161,18 @@ features:
         such that the JIRA REST API and the JIRA issues location do not share the
         same URL.
-    - name: Snippet Descriptions #review pending feedback https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/5804#note_32569021
+    - name: Snippet Descriptions
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/snippets.html'
       documentation_text: "Learn more about GitLab Snippets"
       image_url: '/images/9_3/snippet_descriptions.png'
       description: |
-        Snippets now have descriptions, allowing you to collaborate similarly with
-        issues and merge requests.
-
+        Snippets now have descriptions. This follows personal snippet comments, which 
+        were added in the [previous release](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/22/gitlab-9-2-released/).
+        Snippets are a great tool for quick and informal collaboration around code
+        ideas. We're now bringing the power of issues and merge request collaboration
+        to snippets too.
+        
     - name: Group Label Permissions #review pending feedback https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/5804/diffs#note_32569203
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/permissions.html'
@@ -196,7 +200,7 @@ features:
         in GitLab 9.3 that should not only make GitLab feel faster, but reduce
         overall impact on server infrastructure.
-    - name: "Edit Issue's Description Faster" #suggestion https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/5804/diffs#note_32569519
+    - name: "Edit Issue Description Inline, Without Losing Context"
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/index.html'
       documentation_text: "Learn more about GitLab Issues"
@@ -204,12 +208,14 @@ features:
       description: |
         The issue description serves as the single source of truth when teams
         collaborate on work and ideas are rapidly flowing in the issue comment
-        thread. With this release, it's much easier to edit the description
-        by simply clicking `Edit` as before. You now do not have to go to a separate
-        web form. Just make the update inline, and click **Save changes** to persist
-        the changes.
-
-    - name: "Bulk-Editing Issues' Re-Design" #suggestion: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/5804/diffs#note_32569737
+        thread. With this release, you now edit the issue description by clicking
+        `Edit`, as before. But you remain on the same page, instead of going to a
+        separate web form. Just make your changes inline, and click `Save changes`
+        to persist the updates without refreshing the page. While editing, you can
+        also easily scroll down on the page to review comments and even copy [GFM text](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/markdown.html)
+        and paste it back into the description.
+
+    - name: "Bulk-Editing Issues Re-Design"
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/index.html'
       documentation_text: "Learn more about GitLab Issues"