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This is my MWE using KOMA Script
:
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{scrpage2,scrextend}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\author{Name A. Surname}
\title{%
\textcolor{BrickRed}{Journal of the} \vspace{1em}\\
Stackexchange \LaTeX users of the world wide web}
% This part depends on your actual environment, Here I am using KOMA script
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
% Gray boundary
\node (left) at (current page.west)
[rectangle, fill=gray, inner sep=0pt, anchor = west,
minimum width=4cm, minimum height=1\paperheight]{};
% Red boundary
\node (bottom) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=BrickRed, inner sep=0 pt, anchor=south,
minimum width=1\paperwidth, minimum height=0.5cm]{};
% Some additional stuff:
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=Green, inner sep=0pt, anchor=north west,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=BrickRed, inner sep=0pt, anchor=north east,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=Goldenrod, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\node [yshift=\paperheight/3] (middle) at (current page.south)
[rectangle, fill=RoyalBlue, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south east,
minimum height=3cm, minimum width=0.25\paperwidth]{};
\end{tikzpicture}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\parindent0pt
\begin{addmargin}{4em}
\vspace{4cm}
{\huge\usekomafont{title} \@title}
\vspace{2cm}
{\usekomafont{disposition}\Large \@author}
\end{addmargin}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
After trying all the possible permutations of the commands I know, I obtained a good result with the code below:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside,twocolumn,openany]{book}
\usepackage{thesis}
\graphicspath{{plots/}}
\begin{document}
\include{cover/cover}
%change into onecolumn-twoside
\onecolumn
\setboolean{@twoside}{true}
\mainpagestyle
\include{chapter1/chapter}
\include{chapter2/chapter}
\include{chapter3/chapter}
\backmatter
\twocolumn
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\bibliographystyle{siam}
\bibliography{mybib.bib}
\end{document}
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