[HTC Excalibur] jbleasdale:
If it helps, here is my full homescreen XML, using the small icons in the MRU. Save this into a file with a .xml extension and save to your device's /Application Data/Home folder. Then select "Custom Home" as your profile.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<home>

<author>John B</author>

<contacturl></contacturl>

<title lang="0x0409">Custom Home</title>

<version>1.0</version>

<default target-width="240" target-height="320" font-face="Segoe Condensed" font-size="19" font-weight="bold" padding-left="5" padding-right="5" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="COLOR_HOMETEXT" padding-top="3" b-border-color="COLOR_HOMERULE" b-border-width="1">

<format state="selected" fgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT"/>

</default>

<background bgimage="\windows\WindowsMobile.jpg" bgimage-rotated="\windows\WindowsMobileLS.jpg" valign="bottom" bgcolor="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" />

<scheme>

<color name="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" value="#00b7c9" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT" value="#00143C" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMERULE" value="#2e444f" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMETEXT" value="#FFFFFF" />

<color name="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT" value="#00F0FF" />

</scheme>

<plugin clsid="{837FC251-FE69-43ad-84E0-EBCEDEBA0884}" name="iconbar" height="27">

<iconbar fgcolor="COLOR_TRAYTEXT"/>

<background gradient="title" bgcolor="COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT" b-border-color="COLOR_WINDOWFRAME" />

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{79EFB752-CB70-446d-B317-499723482B3D}" name="startmru" height="35">

<mru x="5" y="5" icon-size="16" max-buttons="12"/>

<translaterockerkeys/>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{E09043DF-510E-4841-B652-388316977A7A}" name="carrier" height="49">

<allowselection/>

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<label font-size="22">

<text><carrier/></text>

</label>

<label y="21" textwidth="163">

<text><wifi/></text>

</label>

<clock>

<time y="0" halign="right" font-size="24" font-weight="bold"/>

<date y="21" halign="right"/>

</clock>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{25997777-A9C7-4a44-AEA6-BE5EB0D97B81}" name="voip" height="25">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<label>

<text singleline="true"><voip/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{37391041-C324-4725-BEE1-3232ED3539CA}" name="callprog" height="49">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<format state="nocall" visible="false"/>

<label>

<text lang="0x0409">Call in progress:</text>

</label>

<label y="23">

<text><progress/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{0BA8ABB8-1F1D-417f-88C6-DA8530E2E7A6}" name="missedcalls" height="25">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<format state="nocall" visible="false"/>

<label h="22">

<text lang="0x0409">Missed calls: <calls/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{2FFD93B3-0FF0-4228-A6D6-D2DF177D7D92}" name="alldayevent" height="25">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<format state="noevent" visible="false"/>

<label h="22">

<text><subject/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{865A354A-4A96-4687-B001-C155DC0DBE76}" name="calendar" height="49">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<label h="22">

<text><subject/></text>

</label>

<label h="22" y="23">

<text><time/> <location/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{95976968-45D5-40c9-9779-2B859B1C2FEC}" name="profile" height="25">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<label>

<text lang="0x0409" singleline="true">Profile: <profile/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{4e822425-a00f-497c-80ff-1c554665a369}" name="cooltext" height="25">

<scrolltext textsource="cellbroadcast"/>

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{DCE58428-275E-491f-B835-F2AC38D0CC17}" name="voicemail" height="25">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<label>

<text lang="0x0409">Voicemail: <unreadVMail/></text>

</label>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{8486CC1E-025B-4888-9C76-048DF7C1787D}" name="msgcount2" height="25" autoheight="false">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<mail account="sms"/>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{8486CC1E-025B-4888-9C76-048DF7C1787D}" name="msgcount2" height="25" autoheight="false">

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<mail account="activesync"/>

</plugin>

<plugin clsid="{8486CC1E-025B-4888-9C76-048DF7C1787D}" name="msgcount2" height="25" autoheight="true">

<text padding-bottom="5"/>

<background>

<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>

</background>

<mail account="others"/>

</plugin>

</home>