Nolver's Theme Designs: Theme: Red Checkered System

Give your blog a fierce, dramatic makeover with 'Red Checkered System'. Pairing vibrant ruby tones and dark textures with sharp striped borders, 3D spheres, and dynamic perspective grid art, this layout is built to instantly grab attention. 🔥

The font that is used for this theme is AmerType Md BT. Download the fonts for this theme here.

Download the XML file here and open it.

**Update September 13, 2026: The AI version for this theme is coming soon.**

Instructions for installing a theme using XML, can be found on this page.

If you're only interested in the CSS codes, copy the codes below:

/* Red Checkered System theme, ©October 2013, designed by Nolver®, all rights reserved (http://nolversprettytags.com) */
/* Photo credits and tags: Nolver */
/* This theme may not be edited, altered or modified and I'm not giving any permission! */
/* You are free to use this theme anytime, for more info and themes, visit me on http://nolversthemedesigns1.blogspot.com */

/*******************************************************************************************************/

body {
background: url(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/10163803295_6762d56221_o.jpg) repeat fixed center 0 #aa0101 !important;
color: white;
font: 20px AmerType Md BT, Script MT, Script MT Bold;
padding: 0 220px 0 220px;
cursor: url("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7939594/Cursors/White%20arrow%20cursor.ani"), url("https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8645185234_9d05b6f2c3_o.gif"), default;
}

.body-fauxcolumn-outer .cap-top .cap-left, .body-fauxcolumn-outer .cap-top {
background: transparent none;
width: 100%;
}

a, a:link, a:visited {
color: white;
cursor: url("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7939594/Cursors/White%20arrow%20cursor.ani"), url("https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8645185234_9d05b6f2c3_o.gif"), pointer;
}

a:hover {
color: #FE0000;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: url("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7939594/Cursors/White%20arrow%20cursor.ani"), url("https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8645185234_9d05b6f2c3_o.gif"), pointer;
}

/* Top frame */
header {
background: url("https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3729/10163867706_806833a3d0_o.jpg") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 416px;
margin: 0;
position: relative;
right: 95px;
width: 1100px;
z-index: 1;
}

.Header h1 {
bottom: 197px;
color: #000000;
font: bold 50px AmerType Md BT,Script MT,Script MT Bold;
left: -30px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 5px 5px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
width: 864px;
z-index: 1;
}

.Header h1 a {
color: #000000;
}

.Header h1 a:hover {
color: white;
}

/* Removing the lightgrey transparent background */
.header-outer {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
}

/* The tag */
.header-inner .Header #header-inner {
box-shadow: 0 0 22px 3px black;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 22px 3px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 22px 3px black;
background: url("https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/10163927673_0bf3efb7f0_o.jpg") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 564px;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: visible;
position: relative;
top: 384px;
width: 864px;
z-index: 1;
}

/* Title of the tag */
.Header .description {
border: medium none;
color: #000000;
font-family: AmerType Md BT,Script MT,Script MT Bold;
font-size: 23px;
font-weight: bold;
height: 50px;
line-height: 50px;
margin: 0;
overflow: auto;
position: absolute;
right: -2px;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
top: 570px;
width: 864px;
}

/* Middle frame */
div.main-outer {
background: url("https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/10163927943_7b7aed27bd_o.jpg") repeat-y scroll 0 0 transparent;
margin: 0;
padding-bottom: 500px;
position: relative;
right: 95px;
top: 0;
width: 1100px;
}

/* Equivalent: div#page_start */
div.columns {
left: 347px;
padding-top: 1400px;
position: relative;
}

div.columns img {
max-height: 450px;
max-width: 450px;
}

div.columns embed, div.columns object, div.columns iframe, div.columns video {
max-width: 450px;
}

a.quickedit img {
width: auto !important;
}

.post-body img, .post-body .tr-caption-container, .Profile img, .Image img, .BlogList .item-thumbnail img {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
padding: 10px;
}

div#sidebar-right-1 img.profile-img {
float: left;
height: 130px;
left: 9px;
margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;
position: relative;
width: 136px;
}

.Profile .profile-datablock {
margin: 7em 0 0.5em;
}

div#sidebar-right-1 img {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px black, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px black, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px black, 0 0 10px 1px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
max-height: 150px;
padding: 10px;
width: 139px;
}

div#sidebar-right-1 embed, div#sidebar-right-1 object, div#sidebar-right-1 iframe, div#sidebar-right-1 video {
width: 157px;
}

div.widget-content img {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 black;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 black;
}

.column-center-outer {
max-width: 589px;
width: 100%;
}

/* Bottom frame */
footer {
background: url("https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/10163868096_c0cea18a5f_o.jpg") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 461px;
margin: 0;
position: relative;
right: 95px;
top: 0;
width: 1100px;
}

/* Removes contentwrapper background color */
div.content-inner {
box-shadow: none;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
background: transparent none;
margin-bottom: 200px;
position: relative;
top: 100px;
width: 1000px;
}

.content-outer {
box-shadow: none;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
margin-bottom: 1px;
}

.fauxborder-left, .fauxcolumn-right-outer .fauxcolumn-inner, .fauxborder-right {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
position: relative;
border: none;
}

/* Equivalent: itemboxsub */
h2, h2.date-header {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 30px 7px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 30px 7px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 30px 7px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
color: #000000 !important;
font-family: AmerType Md BT,Script MT,Script MT Bold !important;
font-size: 30px !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
height: 156px;
line-height: 1.6 !important;
margin: 5px -2px 20px 0 !important;
padding: 5px 10px;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
text-transform: capitalize;
}

.date-header span {
color: #000000;
font-family: AmerType Md BT, Script MT, Script MT Bold;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.6;
margin: 20px -2px;
padding: 5px 10px;
text-align: center;
}

/* Equivalent: cattitle */
h3.post-title, h3.post-title a, h3.post-title a:link, h3.post-title a:visited {
color: #FE0000;
font-family: AmerType Md BT, Script MT,Script MT Bold;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
}

h3.post-title a:hover {
color: white;
}

/* Equivalent: itembox/itemboxalbum */
.main-inner .widget h2 + div, .footer-inner .widget h2 + div, div.post-outer {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px black;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px black;
background: url("https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/9327708775_bba8625d60_o.jpg") repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-size: 25px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 25px;
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #000000;
}

div#LinkList1 div.widget-content {
text-align: left;
}

div.date-posts {
box-shadow: none !important;
-moz-box-shadow: none !important;
-webkit-box-shadow: none !important;
background: none !important;
border: none !important;
}

div.widget-content {
font-family: AmerType Md BT, Script MT, Script MT Bold;
font-sizze: 15px;
}

/* Equivalent: itemshadow */
.main-inner .widget, div#date-outer {
box-shadow: 0 0 15px 6px black;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 15px 6px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 15px 6px black;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #000000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
margin: 20px -16px 50px;
padding: 22px;
width: 605px;
}

/* Setting the width and the position of the widgets from the sidebar */
div#sidebar-right-1.sidebar .widget {
position: relative;
right: 861px;
width: 200px;
}

.post-footer {
box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
font-size: 19px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-bottom: 20px;
margin-left: 44px;
margin-right: 44px;
min-height: 94px;
padding: 5px;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px #000000;
width: 460px;
}

.post-footer a {
color: #000000;
}

.post-footer a:hover {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

/* Credits */
div#footer-3.foot {
bottom: 78px;
color: #000000;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
left: 36px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #000000;
width: 968px;
}

div#footer-3.foot a {
color: #000000;
}

div#footer-3.foot a:hover {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

div.feed-links, div.feed-links a:link, div.feed-links a:visited {
color: #FE0000;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px black;
}

div.feed-links a:hover {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

#blog-pager {
box-shadow: none;
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
border-radius: 0 0 0 0;
-moz-border-radius: 0 0 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius: 0 0 0 0;
background-color: transparent;
border: none;
font-size: 120%;
margin-top: 1em;
padding: 15px;
}

.blog-pager-older-link, .home-link, .blog-pager-newer-link {
background-color: transparent;
color: #FE0000 !important;
font-weight: bold;
}

.blog-pager-older-link:hover, .home-link:hover, .blog-pager-newer-link:hover {
color: white !important;
text-decoration: none;
}

.cap-top, .cap-bottom, .cap-left, .cap-right {
background-repeat: repeat-x;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
}

/* Divider */
.tabs-outer {
background: url("https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/10163687924_7e4a8e05c8_o.png") no-repeat scroll center 0 transparent;
left: 14px;
padding-bottom: 140px;
position: absolute;
top: 1135px;
width: 900px;
z-index: 2;
}

/* Buttons */
.tabs-inner .widget ul {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: medium none;
height: auto;
margin: 0;
position: relative;
right: 66px;
top: 264px;
width: 1000px;
z-index: 3;
}

.tabs-inner .widget li.selected a, .tabs-inner .widget li a, .tabs-inner .widget li a:hover {
background: url("https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/10163688064_5f08562e2d_o.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: medium none;
color: #000000;
float: none;
font: bold 23px/25px AmerType Md BT,Script MT,Script MT Bold;
height: 97px;
margin-bottom: 25px;
margin-right: 82px;
padding: 39px 1px 0 0;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 2px 1px 5px #000000;
width: 311px;
}

.tabs-inner .widget li.selected a, .tabs-inner .widget li a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
}

.tabs .widget li, .tabs .widget li {
height: 136px;
list-style-image: none;
margin-bottom: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
width: 312px;
}

li {
list-style-image: url(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/10187115715_67db498f9f_o.png)
}

.widget .zippy {
color: #FE0000;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

.comments h4 {
color: #FE0000;
font: bold 27px AmerType Md BT, Script MT, Script MT Bold;
margin: 0.75em 0 0;
}

/* Owner's reply */
.comments .comment-thread.inline-thread {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px #000000;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px #000000;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px #000000;
background: url("https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/9327708775_bba8625d60_o.jpg") repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;    
}

.comments .comments-content .comment-replies a, div#bc_0_0T_box.comment-replybox-thread a {
color: #FE0000;
}

.comments .comments-content .comment-replies a:hover, div#bc_0_0T_box.comment-replybox-thread a:hover {
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
}

.comments .continue {
border-top: 2px solid #FE0000;
}

li.comment {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 1px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF !important;
color: #000000;
font-size: 24px;
font-weight: bold;
list-style-image: none;
margin-top: 20px;
padding: 10px 10px 20px !important;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.62);
}

div.comment-header a, span.item-control a, .comments .comment .comment-actions a {
color: black !important;
font-size: 24px;
}

div.comment-header a:hover, span.item-control a:hover, .comments .comment .comment-actions a:hover {
color: white !important;
text-decoration: none;
}

.comments .comment-block {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent !important;
margin-left: 48px;
position: relative;
}

/* For when the feed is turned off */
#comments .comment-author {
border-top: 2px solid #FE0000;
}

/* Removing the border from an avatar */
#comments .avatar-image-container img {
border: medium none;
}

textarea {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px black inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px black inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px black inset;
background: url("https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/10163803295_8286202d61.jpg") repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: 2px inset #FFFFFF;
color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 17px;
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: -8px;
padding: 11px;
position: relative;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px #000000;
width: 390px;
}

/* Error message */
.status-msg-body {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
font-size: 24px;
font-weight: bold;
height: 100px;
position: relative;
right: 2px;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.58);
}

.status-msg-body a {
color: black;
}

.status-msg-body a:hover {
color: white;
}

.status-msg-bg {
background-color: transparent;
}

.status-msg-border {
border: medium none;
opacity: 0.4;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
}

/* Credit box */
div#editor div {
box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px 6px #000000, 0 0 20px 5px #000000 inset;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FE0000;
border: 2px solid #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
font-family: AmerType Md BT,Arial;
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 24px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
margin-left: 42px;
margin-right: 42px;
min-height: 157px;
padding: 12px;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.79);
width: 466px;
}

/* Scrollbar */
html {
scrollbar-face-color: black;
scrollbar-highlight-color: white;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: white;
scrollbar-shadow-color: white;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: white;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FE0000;
scrollbar-track-color: #FE0000;
}

Instructions for installing a theme using CSS, can be found on this page.

You can also use the theme image for your welcome box.

Copy the embed codes below:

Enjoy the theme!

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