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

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ features:
         can now view user avatars.
         Also, by clicking on a filter, it activates the dropdown,
-        allowing you change filters quickly.
+        allowing you to change filters quickly.
     - name: Internationalization of Project Home & Repository Files Pages
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ features:
         are extending this to more frequently used pages such as the Project
         Home and Repository Files pages.
-        The GitLab community are already starting to add more languages suchas
-        Chinese, Bulgarian and Brazilian Portuguese. You can
+        The GitLab community are already starting to add more languages such as
+        Chinese, Bulgarian, and Brazilian Portuguese. You can
         [follow the progress](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/32951)
         and take a look at the
         [contributing guidelines](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/development/i18n_guide.html)
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ features:
         [released Pipeline Schedules](/2017/05/22/gitlab-9-2-released/#pipeline-schedules)
         that can be configured and managed using the UI.
         Today with GitLab 9.3 we're also releasing calls
-        to create and manage Pipeline Schedules through a set of API,
+        to create and manage Pipeline Schedules through a set of APIs,
         in order to allow integration with other tools simple and effective.
     - name: GitLab Runner 9.3