v2.12 Release Post (with Freemium Announcement)

[gstout52]

Freemium release post draft

Description

Draft of the freemium release announcement

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Checklist

• I have read the contribution guidelines
• I have considered the performance impact of these changes
• [] Suitable unit/system level tests have been added and they pass
• Documentation has been updated

[joepavitt]

This branch was very outdated, so just merged it with main to get the latest version of the website in

[joepavitt]

Just a heads up for the next article you write, this will be a useful resource: https://flowfuse.com/handbook/customer/marketing/blog/#blog

[gstout52]

This branch was very outdated, so just merged it with main to get the latest version of the website in

Thanks @joepavitt ! Can you tell me which step I got wrong? I had created a new branch and had it set to commit to Main. Maybe because my branch was based on an already outdated branch?

[joepavitt]

The branching part was all good, it was more how to write the Markdown, and the frontmatter that goes at the start of the md file to define the relevant properties for the article

I have the changes locally, but got sidetracked with the UI work for team type selection, happy to jup on a call later and cover it

[gstout52]

The branching part was all good, it was more how to write the Markdown, and the frontmatter that goes at the start of the md file to define the relevant properties for the article

I have the changes locally, but got sidetracked with the UI work for team type selection, happy to jup on a call later and cover it

Gotcha. We can just talk during our 1-1, no need to distract from Release Eve just for my education :)

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[joepavitt]

Everything in place, this should now be good to go tomorrow (FYI @knolleary and @gstout52)

[joepavitt]

Only extra thing we might want to call out is Snapshots, just after the "Developing on your Device" section, just to hammer home the value in the Free Tier