Upgraded a friends site using Agency (the older one)

[workky]

A friend of mine wanted a new website. I suggested Genesis. When I originally showed him the website he did not like it (he did suggest it). So I decided I was not going to upload another theme, I was just modify the one I had.
I would like to know what some of you think, I am no good with colors, or being creative. My mind goes blank.
Things I don't like, but really don't know what to do about it are the footer, and the upper right hand corner , where the contact info is. I think the footer suffers from just lack of info in it

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My Website

http://peak-fundinggroup.com/

[Jami Howard Mays]

Let me make sure I'm following this: you want to use the theme on your website, the link in your signature line, make some changes to it and use it for your friend's website?

Personally, I'd pick a newer theme, something that is built with Genesis 2.0 and is HTML5 ready.

Here are a few inspiration points though, if you decide to stick with your theme, via the StudioPress Showcase:

3B-Upfit

http://www.studiopress.com/showcase/vineyard-advising
http://www.studiopress.com/showcase/scribble-linens
http://www.studiopress.com/showcase/cloud-9-confections

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Jami Howard Mays, HBIC, Imaj Works | Athens, Georgia

[workky]

I'm sorry, you really lost me. The link in the signature is his website. It is a html 5 , genesis 2.0 website. I'm sorry for any confusion .

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[Jami Howard Mays]

Sorry, I think the confusion might be that the child theme you're using is not HTML5.

From your stylesheet:

/*
    Theme Name: peakfunding Child Theme
	Theme URI: http://www.studiopress.com/themes/agency
	Description: Agency is a two or three column child theme created for the Genesis Framework.
    Author: StudioPress
    Author URI: http://www.studiopress.com/
 
    Version: 2.0
 
    Tags: black, blue, gray, silver, white, dark, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, fixed-width, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments
 
    Template: genesis
    Template Version: 1.8

The Agency Child theme you're using is Version 2.0 of Agency, but it's based on the 1.8 version of Genesis. An easy way to recognize if a Genesis child theme is HTML5 is when the title of the theme has Pro on the end. Here's the Genesis Agency Pro Child Theme -- http://my.studiopress.com/themes/agency/ -- super different from yours. So, even though you've updated your Genesis Parent theme, your child theme is not HTML5.

I'd suggest a magazine style layout because you have a lot of page content -- it might be a better way to present lots of information on a homepage without having to rely so heavily on your sidebar.

For example, on the Attorneys page, there's this big gaping white space below the page content because the sidebar is so long.

You may also do well with two sidebars (primary and secondary) so that your site isn't covering so much vertical space.

From a design perspective, the site looks dated and I think a refresh is in order. Have you looked at Metro Pro? Magazine Pro?

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Jami Howard Mays, HBIC, Imaj Works | Athens, Georgia

[workky]

Appreciate the feedback
To be honest , I did not even think about using a secondary sidebar, good tip

I have worked with Metro Pro, but not Magazine

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