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

@@ -267,18 +267,18 @@ features:
         [contributing guidelines](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/i18n_guide.html)
         to get involved.
-    - name: Improvements to subgroups
+    - name: Improvements to GitLab Subgroups
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/group/subgroups/'
-      documentation_text: "Learn more about subgroups"
+      documentation_text: "Learn more about GitLab Subgroups"
       image_url: '/images/9_3/subgroups.png'
       description: |
-        In GitLab 9.0 we introduced sub groups, allowing for more flexibility
-        and management of groups and projects.
-        We are continuing to improve this functionality in ever release and in
+        In GitLab 9.0 we [introduced Subgroups](/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/#subgroups-ce-ee),
+        allowing for more flexibility and management of groups and projects.
+        We are continuing to improve this functionality in every release and in
         GitLab 9.3 we are making the discoverability and navigation of
-        subgroups a lot better. On the Groups page you can now see an
+        Subgroups a lot better. On the Groups page you can now see an
         expandable tree view of all subgroups and projects rather than having
         to navigate and explore them one page load at a time.