Aside from the Redskins and Georgia Tech, I'm not really a sports fan. If you are asking me to do a sports widget, don't just tell me your team name or nickname. I'm not going to have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
For sports widgets, I would like the following information. 1 and 2 are required; the rest are optional.
- 1. REQUIRED: The full name of the school. If it's a widget for a pro team, give me the name of the city and the team.
2. REQUIRED: The URL for the "official" sports site. For Georgia Tech, this site is "http://ramblinwreck.collegesports.com/". I use this URL in the context menu (right-click on the widget to view this menu) to allow the user to quickly "jump" to the official sports site for more information. I also use this site to help me choose colors. And since I'm not really a sports fan, I can easily mix up teams. Sending me the link to the official site will prevent confusion on my end.
3. OPTIONAL: The text you'd like for the "title line" in the widget. The title line is the line that appears above the schedule grid. For the GT widget, this line is "Georgia Tech '05 Football" (subsituting in appropriate year and sport). If you don't tell me what to use, I'll probably use the school name (for college widgets) or team name (for pro widgets).
4. OPTIONAL: Your preferred row background color. I don't need the Pantone or HTML colors (altho they are nice to have). You can just give me a plain description (e.g. pale yellow, bright blue, sunburst orange), and if that color appears in the logo, I will use that shade. If the color doesn't appear in the logo, then I will try to match it to a shade used on the official team site (see #2). If you don't tell me the row color to use, I'll choose what I think looks best.
5. OPTIONAL: Your preferred colors for "home game", "away game", "header", and "title" text color. I don't need Pantone or HTML color codes, plain descriptions (e.g. red, light blue, dark green) are fine; I'll choose a variant on the shade that looks best with the other colors. If you don't tell me what to use, I'm going to choose what I think looks best.
6. OPTIONAL: The logo you would like me to use. You don't need to send me the image file; just point me to a page that displays this logo. If you don't tell me what logo to use, I will use the logo displayed by ESPN for that particular team.
Feel free to also request a non-sports widget, although I currently have no hints for that
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Or perhaps I will add some code to randomly pop up a window that says "To hell with Georgia!" (kidding ... I think)