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

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ features:
         of various GitLab features from idea to production, and allows you to see
         how you compare with other organizations also using GitLab. Ensure that
         the usage ping in your instance is turned on to use this feature. (Your GitLab
-        usage is collected in the usage ping if it is turned on, and usage is aggregated
+        usage is collected in the usage ping if it is turned on, and usage data is aggregated
         on our servers. Your usage information is not sent to any other GitLab instances.)
     - name: Multi-Project Pipelines Graph
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ features:
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/issues/confidential_issues.html'
       documentation_text: "Learn more"
-      image_url: ['/images/9_3/confidential_issues_re_design_1.png', '/images/9_3/confidential_issues_re_design_2.png']
+      image_url: '/images/9_3/confidential_issues_re_design.png'
       description: |
         We tweaked the design of confidential issues in this release, making
         it more obvious when you are participating in one. This is especially
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ features:
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/issue_board.html'
       documentation_text: "Learn more"
-      image_url: ['issue_board_usability_improvements_1.png', 'issue_board_usability_improvements_2.png']
+      image_url: 'issue_board_usability_improvements.png'
       description: |
         We recognize that teams use issue boards in a variety of ways. To make
         it usable for even more teams, we now have collapsible Backlog and
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ features:
       image_url: '/images/9_3/search_filter_bar_improvements.png'
       description: |
         We continue to make incremental improvements to the search/filter bar. You
-        can now view user avatars. Clicking on a filter will activate the dropdown,
+        can now view user avatars. Also, clicking on a filter will activate the dropdown,
         allowing you change filters quickly.
     - name: Internationalization of Project Home & Repository File page