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Maroon is a very strong affect. While it can easily become overpowering in a affect scheme, when used properly, it can look very nice. The reason that Mello is such a fantastic theme is because it uses the exact amount of maroon to accent the theme without overpowering it. In addition to maroon, some of the additional colors that make up this theme include tan, white, black and a wood texture, as well as splashes of red, gray and orange.
The fantastic thing in this area the Mello theme is that it has much more to offer than just a fantastic affect scheme. The two column layout features the blog’s posts in the left column, as well as a wide variety of sections in the right column. At the top of the left column is a sliding featured posts section, which provides visitors with a glance at some of the best posts on the blog. In addition to the standard category, archive and link sections, the right column also has a section for your latest Tweets and an area where you can show multiple square advertising units.
To show featured posts, place all posts you want to feature in a break category and select this category as featured in theme options page.
To show metaphors in featured posts, make custom field called “thumbnail” and paste an url to 222