diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ba19fef5d8..01df8e0e32 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               only:
-                - referral-lock
+                - free
       # This is stage env for production QA releases
       - "build-prod-staging":
           context : org-global         
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/Article.jsx b/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/Article.jsx
index 2e4476dab5..e87248eb3e 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/Article.jsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/Article.jsx
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ class Article extends React.Component {
       },
     ).substring(0, CONTENT_PREVIEW_LENGTH);
     const catsGrouped = _.groupBy(fields.contentCategory, cat => cat.fields.trackParent);
+    // captures clicks on article
+    // for opening external links in new tab
+    const articleClickHandler = (e) => {
+      if (e.target.href && fields.openExternalLinksInNewTab !== false) {
+        const target = new URL(e.target.href);
+        if (!target.host.includes('topcoder')) {
+          window.open(e.target.href, '_blank');
+          e.preventDefault();
+        }
+      }
+    };
 
     return (
       <React.Fragment>
@@ -291,7 +302,12 @@ class Article extends React.Component {
               </div>
             </div>
             {/* Content */}
-            <div className={theme.articleContent}>
+            <div
+              className={theme.articleContent}
+              role="presentation"
+              onClick={articleClickHandler}
+              onKeyPress={articleClickHandler}
+            >
               <MarkdownRenderer markdown={fields.content} {...contentfulConfig} />
               {
               fields.type === 'Video' && fields.contentUrl ? (
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/themes/default.scss b/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/themes/default.scss
index bd3c5b5f56..af7ba08979 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/themes/default.scss
+++ b/src/shared/components/Contentful/Article/themes/default.scss
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
     ol {
       @include tc-body-md;
 
-      padding-left: 20px;
+      padding-left: 30px;
       margin-bottom: 20px;
 
       @include roboto-regular;
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@
     margin-bottom: 108px;
   }
 
+  @media screen and (min-width: 1440px) and (max-width: 1900px) {
+    margin-bottom: 70px;
+  }
+
   @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
     margin-bottom: 300px;
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Contentful/ArticleCard/themes/article_large.scss b/src/shared/components/Contentful/ArticleCard/themes/article_large.scss
index 1ec8bdcb82..43ade95560 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Contentful/ArticleCard/themes/article_large.scss
+++ b/src/shared/components/Contentful/ArticleCard/themes/article_large.scss
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
   @include xs-to-sm {
     margin: 5px;
   }
+
+  @media screen and (max-width: 425px) {
+    max-height: none;
+  }
 }
 
 .contentWrapper {
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   align-items: stretch;
+
+  @media screen and (max-width: 425px) {
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
 }
 
 .main {
@@ -225,6 +233,11 @@
     min-width: 150px;
   }
 
+  @media screen and (max-width: 425px) {
+    width: 100%;
+    min-height: 130px;
+  }
+
   &::before {
     content: '';
     width: 35px;
@@ -234,5 +247,12 @@
     background-size: cover;
     background-position: right -2px;
     position: absolute;
+
+    @media screen and (max-width: 425px) {
+      background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'%3F%3E%3Csvg version='1.1' id='Layer_1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' x='0px' y='0px' viewBox='0 0 290 31.73' style='enable-background:new 0 0 290 31.73;' xml:space='preserve'%3E%3Cstyle type='text/css'%3E .st0%7Bfill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:%23F4F4F4;%7D%0A%3C/style%3E%3Cg id='Thrive'%3E%3Cg id='Artboard' transform='translate(-22.000000, -20.000000)'%3E%3Cg id='Combined-Shape'%3E%3Cpath class='st0' d='M22,20h290l0,24.11c-60.39,13.64-90.73-0.4-142.15-10.48C118.1,23.5,97,79,22.08,33.64l0,0l0,1.34'/%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 33px;
+      background-position: 0 -10px;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/components/Contentful/SearchBar/SearchBar.jsx b/src/shared/components/Contentful/SearchBar/SearchBar.jsx
index ab0abb9e09..6e2efc5cbc 100644
--- a/src/shared/components/Contentful/SearchBar/SearchBar.jsx
+++ b/src/shared/components/Contentful/SearchBar/SearchBar.jsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class SearchBarInner extends Component {
 
   onKeyDown(e) {
     const { inputlVal, selectedFilter } = this.state;
-    if (inputlVal && e.which === 13) {
+    if (_.trim(inputlVal) && e.which === 13) {
       const searchQuery = {};
       if (this.searchFieldRef && this.searchFieldRef.value) {
         if (selectedFilter.name === 'Tags') {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export class SearchBarInner extends Component {
       if (selectedFilter.name !== 'Author') {
         window.location.href = `${config.TC_EDU_BASE_PATH}${config.TC_EDU_SEARCH_PATH}?${qs.stringify(searchQuery)}`;
       } else {
-        window.location.href = `${config.TC_EDU_BASE_PATH}${config.TC_EDU_SEARCH_PATH}?author=${inputlVal}`;
+        window.location.href = `${config.TC_EDU_BASE_PATH}${config.TC_EDU_SEARCH_PATH}?author=${_.trim(inputlVal)}`;
       }
     }
   }