Maroon is a very strong color. While it can easily become overpowering in a color scheme, when used properly, it can look very nice. The reason that Mello is such a great theme is because it uses the perfect amount of maroon to accent the theme without overpowering it. In addition to maroon, some of the other colors that make up this theme include tan, white, black and a wood texture, as well as splashes of red, gray and orange.

The great thing about the Mello theme is that it has much more to offer than just a great color 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 display multiple square advertising units.

To show featured posts, put all posts you want to feature in a separate category and select this category as featured in theme options page.

To show images in featured posts, create custom field called “thumbnail” and paste an url to 222×148 px image in its value