2026-04

Change Log:

Added:

• Multispread: Supporting multiple Facts on Spread pages (Flow now supports multiple Facts in Multispreads.)

• AboveHeadline layouts: Layout Refinements (Implemented some refinements for AboveHeadline layouts.)

• Multispread: Supporting four images in the Top Partial headline layout (Introduced new Top Partial Headline layouts with four images in the Front Spread of Multispread.)

• Graphic Ads - Supporting the property "internal_uuid" (Flow supports unique identifiers for graphic ad items received from Publisher.)

• Double Truck: Reduced Unnecessary cropping of Images (Improved image sizing and cropping in Double Trucks.)

Details:

1. Multispread: Supporting multiple Facts on Spread pages

Starting with this release, Flow supports multiple Facts in multispreads. This allows facts to be distributed across spreads while maintaining balanced layouts with minimal whitespace.

Note:

• The front page/spread of a multispread supports only one Fact or Quote

• Other spread pages and the final single page (if any) can support up to two Facts

• Facts and Quotes are never placed across the gutter

• Both TopFull and TopPartial headline layouts in Multispreads support this Fact distribution across all eligible spreads.

TopFull headline layout with multiple facts in Multispread

Top Partial headline layout with multiple Facts in Multipsread

2. AboveHeadline layouts: Layout Refinements

Above Headline layouts for single-page articles now provide improved placement of supplementary elements such as sub-images, quotes, fact boxes, and bylines. These elements are positioned in a more structured and consistent manner within article columns, resulting in cleaner, more readable, and visually balanced layouts.

The following characteristics will apply to both the Above Headline and Below Headline layouts with max 2 images placed below headline:

Note:

• Supplementary elements (images, quotes, fact boxes) are grouped together within the body text to maintain a clean and cohesive layout.

• Images are preferably placed at the center of the layout.

• Flow attempts to place the elements in the layout such that the last column stays available for body text and the byline.

• The layout refinements ensure sufficient space for bylines in the final column, reducing the chances of bylines—especially photo bylines—being split across columns.

• Supplementary elements are generally avoided in the last column. If placement in the last column is unavoidable, Flow places the smallest supplementary element to preserve as much body text as possible in that column.

• When multiple supplementary elements are present:

  • Larger elements are placed further to the left

  • Remaining elements are arranged in descending order of size

  • Photos are placed left of fact boxes and quotes, when they are of equal size

  • Larger photos are positioned to the left of smaller photos

• The layout avoids isolating a single plain-text column between supplementary elements, helping maintain grouped and visually balanced content.

Above headline layouts with sub image positioned to the center of the layout

Left-aligned larger sub-image and unsplit photo byline

3. Multispread: Supporting four images in the Top Partial headline layout

Flow will now support up to four images in the Front Spread of a Multispread document. Seven different layout variations supporting four images in the Front spread have been introduced in this release.

If the configured layout type is Top Partial for Multispreads, then:

• If the number of images in the front spread = 4, Flow will create new Top partial headline layouts introduced in this release with 4 images

• If the number of images in the front spread < 4, Flow will create earlier Top partial headline layouts with up to three images in the front spread

Three sub-images below the main image, with a combined width smaller than the main image

Three sub-images below the main image, with a combined width greater than the main image

Three sub-images below the main image, with a combined width equal to the main image

One sub-image below the main image and two sub-images on the left

Two sub-images below the main image and one sub-image on the left

4. Graphic Ads - Supporting the property "internal_uuid"

Starting with this release, Flow supports unique identifiers for graphic ad items received from Publisher.

When an external ad, fixed graphic, or URL box includes an identifier (internal_uuid property), Flow preserves and carries that identifier through the layout generation process. This helps maintain a consistent reference to the same item across systems and workflows.

This enhancement applies to:

• External Ads

• Fixed Graphics

• URL Boxes

Compatibility

Flow remains fully compatible with Publisher versions that do not provide these identifiers. If an identifier is available, it is included automatically; otherwise, processing continues as normal with no impact on functionality.

5. Double Truck: Reduced Unnecessary cropping of Images

Flow now gives greater priority to balanced image sizing in Top Full Headline and Top Partial Headline layouts of Double Trucks when placing multiple images within the available space.

Previously, image placement could favor combinations that caused one image to be enlarged while another was reduced, sometimes resulting in unnecessary cropping. With this enhancement, Flow prioritizes more evenly sized image combinations, helping to reduce excessive cropping and improve the overall visual balance of the layout.