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/layouts/release.haml

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                     - {: #ce} **GitLab Community Edition (CE)**: [Open source](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce), self-hosted solution of GitLab. Ideal for personal projects or small teams with minimal user management and workflow control needs. Every feature available in GitLab CE, is also available on GitLab Enterprise Edition (Starter and Premium), and GitLab.com.
                     - {: #ee} **[GitLab Enterprise Edition](/gitlab-ee/) (EE)**: [Open core](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/), self-hosted, fully featured solution of GitLab. Available in two different subscriptions:
                       - {: #ees} **GitLab Enterprise Edition Starter (EES)**: Ideal for co-located teams who need additional security and workflow controls for their professional projects.
-                      - {: #eep} **GitLab Enterprise Edition Premium (EEP)**: Ideal for distributed teams who need advanced workflow controls, premium features, High Availability, and Premium Support.
+                      - {: #eep} **GitLab Enterprise Edition Premium (EEP)**: Ideal for distributed teams who need advanced workflow controls, advanced CI/CD, advanced Monitoring, advanced Project Management, and High Availability.
                     - {: #gitlab-dot-com} **[GitLab.com](/gitlab-com/)**: SaaS GitLab solution, with [free and paid subscriptions](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/). GitLab.com is hosted by GitLab, Inc. Ideal for individuals who want to get their projects up and running quickly. Administrated by GitLab (users don't have access to admin settings).
           / cover image