Xytech Software Release Checklist

This article describes the tasks that need to be done when releasing a new version of the Xytech software.

ZenDesk

1. Release Log for new version.
   • Change Management to Editors and Publishers.
   • Under Placement, in Viewing permissions, add Logged-in Users.
   • Change Status to Ready to publish, then under the Save options, click Publish.
2. Publish Known Issues for new version.
   1. Change Management to Editors and Publishers.
   2. Under Placement, in Viewing permissions, add Logged-in Users.
3. Move the Release Log, Known Issues, and Introduction for the old version to the Older Releases folder.

RoboHelp

1. Change the Current Version for the published Online Help.
   1. Open the RoboHelp project.
   2. Go to Output.
   3. Click Dynamic Content Filters.
   4. Click Core.
   5. In the list of Products, change the (Default selection) to the new version.
      1. If the new version isn’t in the list already, add the new version.
   6. Add the next version to the list.
   7. Click Save.
   8. Repeat for the Variant filter.
2. In RoboHelp, add the “next” version (2 versions out) to the Product list if it isn’t there already:
   1. Go to Author.
   2. Click Condition Tags.
   3. Click the + button.
   4. Select Group of Product, set the Name to the appropriate version number, and select the background and text color.
   5. Click Done.
3. Save the project file.