🔍 Overview
Some customers noticed that padding around article images disappeared in their Cloud Stack projects, affecting the professional appearance of published content. This was caused by a CSS rendering defect in Cloud Stack templates — specifically in the Standard Authority and Agency templates — where image padding, alignment, and button display were not rendering correctly across different screen sizes.
Search Atlas engineers have since resolved the underlying CSS issues through several targeted fixes, including corrections to image padding, content alignment, responsive layout behaviour across breakpoints, and the display of inline elements such as the Read more button.
✅ What Was Fixed
- Missing or collapsed padding around images in Cloud Stack article templates
- Broken image dimensions and missing padding in Agency template previews
- Alignment issues with authority copy and local business layouts on smaller screens
- Responsive layout defects affecting Cloud Stack base templates across different breakpoints
- Excessive page scrolling caused by the Images section layout
These fixes were deployed by the engineering team and apply automatically to your Cloud Stack projects — no manual action is required on your end to receive the updates.
🛠️ What To Do If You Still See Layout Issues
If you are still experiencing image padding or layout problems in your Cloud Stack projects after the fixes were deployed, follow these steps:
- Open your Cloud Stack projects in Search Atlas and navigate to the affected project.
- Review how images and content are rendering in the current preview.
- If the layout still appears broken — for example, images have no padding, content is misaligned, or the Read more button is missing — try refreshing the page and reviewing the template again, as cached versions of the page can sometimes display outdated rendering.
- If the issue persists after refreshing, check whether the problem appears only in the preview or also in the published output, and note which template type you are using (for example, Standard Authority or Agency).
- Gather a screenshot or brief description of what is broken, including the template name and the URL of the affected Cloud Stack, before contacting support.
💡 Tips for Maintaining a Professional Layout
- Use the built-in template options available within Cloud Stacks rather than heavily customised templates, as standard templates receive ongoing compatibility updates.
- After publishing or updating a Cloud Stack, check the live output on multiple screen sizes to confirm images and text are displaying correctly.
- If you use a custom template, be aware that custom CSS may conflict with platform-level updates — review your cust