<div class="sidebar-about">
  <span class="site__title">
    <a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Title }}</a>
  </span>
  {{ with .Site.Params.authorimage }}
  {{ $strippedSlash := ($.Site.Params.authorimage | replaceRE "^(/)+(.*)" "$2") }}
  {{ $authorImage := (printf "%s/%s" $.Site.BaseURL $strippedSlash) }}
  <div class="author-image">
    <img src="{{$authorImage}}" alt="Author Image" class="img--circle img--headshot element--center">
  </div>
  {{ end }}
  <p class="site__description">
    {{ with .Site.Params.description }} {{.}} {{end}}
  </p>
</div>