diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.avatar.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.avatar.html
index 741da9d0..c72010a3 100644
--- a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.avatar.html
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.avatar.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {{ if .author }}
   {{ $author = .author }}
 {{ else }}
-  {{ $author = $block.Params.author | default $block.content.username }}
+  {{ $author = $block.content.username }}
 {{end}}
 
 {{ $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" $author) }}
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/markdown.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/markdown.html
index cc0a6de3..36dc506e 100644
--- a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/markdown.html
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/markdown.html
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 {{/* Initialise */}}
 {{ $page := .wcPage }}
 {{ $block := .wcBlock }}
-{{ $columns := $block.Params.design.columns | default $block.design.columns | default "2" }}
-{{ $text := $block.Content | default ($block.content.text | emojify | markdownify) }}
+{{ $columns := $block.design.columns | default "2" }}
+{{ $text := $block.content.text | emojify | markdownify }}
 
 {{ if ne $columns "1" }}
   <div class="col-12 col-lg-8">
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/about.avatar.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/about.avatar.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59a22dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/about.avatar.html
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{{/* Wowchemy Blocks: About - avatar variation */}}
+{{/* Documentation: https://wowchemy.com/blocks/ */}}
+{{/* License: https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/blob/main/LICENSE.md */}}
+
+{{/* Initialise */}}
+{{ $page := .wcPage }}
+{{ $block := .wcBlock }}
+
+{{ $author := "" }}
+{{ if .author }}
+  {{ $author = .author }}
+{{ else }}
+  {{ $author = $block.Params.author }}
+{{end}}
+
+{{ $person_page_path := (printf "/authors/%s" $author) }}
+{{ $person_page := site.GetPage $person_page_path }}
+{{ if not $person_page }}
+  {{ errorf "Could not find an author page at `%s`. Please check the value of `author` in your About widget and create an associated author page if one does not already exist. See https://wowchemy.com/docs/page-builder/#about " $person_page_path }}
+{{end}}
+{{ $person := $person_page.Params }}
+{{ $avatar := ($person_page.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch "*avatar*" }}
+{{ $avatar_shape := site.Params.features.avatar.shape | default "circle" }}
+
+<div id="profile">
+
+  {{ if $avatar }}
+  <div class="avatar-wrapper">
+    {{ $avatar_image := $avatar.Fill "150x150 Center" }}
+    <img class="avatar {{if eq $avatar_shape "square"}}avatar-square{{else}}avatar-circle{{end}}" src="{{ $avatar_image.RelPermalink }}" alt="{{$person_page.Title}}"
+         width="{{ $avatar_image.Width }}" height="{{ $avatar_image.Height }}">
+    {{with $person.status.icon}}<span class="avatar-emoji">{{.|emojify}}</span>{{end}}
+  </div>
+  {{ end }}
+
+  <div class="portrait-title">
+
+    <h2>
+      {{- if $person.name_pronunciation -}}
+        <ruby>
+          <rb>{{ $person_page.Title }}</rb>
+          <rt>{{ $person.name_pronunciation }}</rt>
+        </ruby>
+      {{- else -}}
+        {{- $person_page.Title -}}
+      {{- end -}}
+    </h2>
+
+    {{ with $person.role }}<h3>{{ . | markdownify | emojify }}</h3>{{ end }}
+
+    {{ range $person.organizations }}
+    <h3>
+      {{ with .url }}<a href="{{ . }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{ end }}
+      <span>{{ .name }}</span>
+      {{ if .url }}</a>{{ end }}
+    </h3>
+    {{ end }}
+  </div>
+
+  <ul class="network-icon" aria-hidden="true">
+    {{ range $person.social }}
+    {{ $pack := or .icon_pack "fas" }}
+    {{ $pack_prefix := $pack }}
+    {{ if in (slice "fab" "fas" "far" "fal") $pack }}
+      {{ $pack_prefix = "fa" }}
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ $link := .link }}
+    {{ $scheme := (urls.Parse $link).Scheme }}
+    {{ $target := "" }}
+    {{ if not $scheme }}
+      {{ $link = .link | relLangURL }}
+      {{ if eq (path.Ext $link) ".pdf" }}{{ $target = "target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"" }}{{ end }}
+    {{ else if in (slice "http" "https") $scheme }}
+      {{ $target = "target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"" }}
+    {{ end }}
+    <li>
+      <a href="{{ $link | safeURL }}" {{ $target | safeHTMLAttr }} aria-label="{{ .icon }}"
+         {{ with .label }} data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="{{.}}"{{ end }}>
+        <i class="{{ $pack }} {{ $pack_prefix }}-{{ .icon }} big-icon"></i>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    {{ end }}
+  </ul>
+
+  {{ with $block.Content }}
+  <div class="article-style pt-1">
+    {{ . }}
+  </div>
+  {{ end }}
+
+</div>
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/about.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/about.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/about.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/accomplishments.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/accomplishments.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/accomplishments.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/accomplishments.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/collection.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/collection.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/collection.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/collection.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/contact.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/contact.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/contact.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/contact.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/experience.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/experience.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/experience.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/experience.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/features.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/features.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/features.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/features.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/hero.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/hero.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/hero.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/hero.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/markdown.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/markdown.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e92ab48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/markdown.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{{/* Wowchemy Blocks: Markdown */}}
+{{/* Documentation: https://wowchemy.com/blocks/ */}}
+{{/* License: https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/blob/main/LICENSE.md */}}
+
+{{/* Initialise */}}
+{{ $page := .wcPage }}
+{{ $block := .wcBlock }}
+{{ $columns := $block.Params.design.columns | default "2" }}
+
+{{ if ne $columns "1" }}
+  <div class="col-12 col-lg-8">
+    {{ $block.Content }}
+  </div>
+{{ else }}
+  <div class="col-12">
+    {{ $block.Content }}
+  </div>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/people.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/people.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/people.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/people.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/portfolio.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/portfolio.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/portfolio.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/portfolio.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/slider.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/slider.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/slider.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/slider.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/tag_cloud.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/tag_cloud.html
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/tag_cloud.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/blocks/v1/tag_cloud.html
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block_v1.html
similarity index 99%
rename from modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block.html
rename to modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block_v1.html
index 19d027a8..4abfe7f0 100644
--- a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block.html
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/functions/parse_block_v1.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {{ if eq $block_type "featurette" }}{{ $block_type = "features" }}{{ end }}{{/* Support legacy Featurette block */}}
 {{ if eq $block_type "pages" }}{{ $block_type = "collection" }}{{ end }}{{/* Support legacy Pages block */}}
 {{ if eq $block_type "featured" }}{{ $block_type = "collection" }}{{ end }}{{/* Support legacy Featured block */}}
-{{ $widget_path := printf "blocks/%s.html" $block_type }}
+{{ $widget_path := printf "blocks/v1/%s.html" $block_type }}
 {{ if not (templates.Exists (printf "partials/%s" $widget_path)) }}
   {{ errorf "%s uses a `%s` block but the `%s` block was not found at `layouts/partials/%s`" $block.File.Path $block_type $block_type $widget_path }}
 {{ end }}
diff --git a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/widget_page.html b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
index 64bcb7f9..1ac5c76b 100644
--- a/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
+++ b/modules/wowchemy/layouts/partials/widget_page.html
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 
 {{/* Load Wowchemy blocks */}}
 {{ range $index, $block := where ( $headless_bundle.Resources.ByType "page" ) ".Params.active" "!=" false }}
-  {{ partial "functions/parse_block" (dict "page" $ "block" $block) }}
+  {{ partial "functions/parse_block_v1" (dict "page" $ "block" $block) }}
 {{ end }}