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)

source/posts/2017-06-22-gitlab-9-3-released.html.md

@@ -413,14 +413,14 @@ With GitLab 9.1, we added official support for deploying GitLab with Terraform.
 Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1521
-## GitLab HA database enhancements
+## Enhancements for GitLab HA, out of beta
 <!-- - Feature name: Improved Terraform support
 - Available in: EEP
 - Feature weight: secondary
 - Documentation link:
 - Feature description, related images, and videos: -->
-With GitLab 9.1, we added official support for deploying GitLab with Terraform. As part of GitLab 9.3, we are making improvements by allowing deployment of Runners, as well as configuring SSL.
+As part of GitLab 9.3, we are making further enhancements to our GitLab HA support. These changes simplify the process of configuring HA, making it easier to get up and running and maintain. With these changes we are proud to announce that HA is ready to leave behind the Beta flag, being fully generally available.
 Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1521