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To update the website, clone its code from the [https://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/ old Jetpack Prototype repository] (the code lives in the [https://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/file/tip/website website subdirectory]), change the code as needed, test your changes by loading your local working copy of the code in your browser, commit your changes, tag the changeset with the "website-production" tag (you'll need to specify <tt>-f</tt> to force Mercurial to update the existing tag), and push your changes back to the central repository. | To update the website, clone its code from the [https://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/ old Jetpack Prototype repository] (the code lives in the [https://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/file/tip/website website subdirectory]), change the code as needed, test your changes by loading your local working copy of the code in your browser, commit your changes, tag the changeset with the "website-production" tag (you'll need to specify <tt>-f</tt> to force Mercurial to update the existing tag), and push your changes back to the central repository. | ||
=== | === Draft Blog Post === | ||
Draft a blog post for the [http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/ Add-ons Blog] to announce the release. | |||
To | To draft the post, access the blog's Wordpress admin page and go to Posts > Add New. Use previous release posts as a template for your new one. Make sure to include a '''<!-- more -->''' element to reduce the initial size of the post, and put the post into the '''developers''', '''jetpack''', '''general''', and '''releases''' categories. | ||
After drafting the post, share it with other folks who can help edit it, such as the project's marketing manager. | |||
{{note|don't publish the post in this step. That should happen in the Release step.}} | {{note|don't publish the post in this step. That should happen in the Release step.}} | ||