Blog post checklist
1% DRAFT (revised by Justin Reynolds on Dec 30, 2019)
- Does the post have an exciting title?
- Make sure it’s in sentence case
- Does the post look good on mobile?
- Shrink browser to make sure content is mobile-optimized, including images and videos
- Does the post have the author’s name?
- Have you selected the most appropriate category? Click the link below each category for examples if you are unsure. You can select more than one category when applicable.
- CIO/CTO -- posts that appeal to the C-suite
- Community -- posts about our community
- Company -- news about Mattermost, Inc. (e.g., Series B announcement or industry report)
- Compare -- comparing Mattermost to other products
- Customer stories -- case studies that appear on the blog
- DevOps -- posts about DevOps
- Dot releases -- dot release announcements
- Guest posts -- posts written by people outside of Mattermost
- Learn -- posts that teach readers something
- Partnerships -- posts about partnerships and partner companies
- Pricing -- posts about pricing changes
- Product -- news about the Mattermost product
- Releases -- regular monthly release announcements
- Security updates -- security release announcements
- Are all of the links working?
- Make sure that there aren’t any broken links
- External links should open in a new tab (see below)
- Does the post use sub headers?
- In H2 style
- Does the post have meta data?
- Make sure each post has a meta tag
- All posts need to have an OpenGraph image that automatically populates on social shares
- Does the post have a call-to-action?
- Make sure the reader’s desired next action is clear
- Is the post written by someone not affiliated with Mattermost? If so:
- Add an editor's note explaining that at the bottom of the post:
- Does the post have images? If so:
- Images that “bleed” into the whitespace should have a grey (#F7F9FA) 1px border on all four edges
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