[Plugin: OptionTree] Default form values?

Default values are created when you save the data and export it to an XML file. They become the defaults when the user imports the XMl file. Basically, you create the defaults yourself when you have saved all the basic settings and export them.

I know I’m a little bit late to the party, but I thought I’d drop in some code that may prove handy for anybody looking for a way to set actual default values on their options.

So here is how to display an option in your template (I’m using a Twitter account as the option for this example):

if ( function_exists( 'get_option_tree' ) ) {
    get_option_tree( 'twitter', '', true );
}

To display a default value, simple drop this line of code underneath and edit accordingly:

[EDIT] Hold that thought. I found an error in my code.

Now, if a value is not set, it will default to “th3lumberjack”. Hopefully somebody out there finds this useful.

: )

Try this instead:

$otest = get_option_tree( 'twitter' );

if ($otest == "") {
    echo("th3lumberjack");
}

$otest is simply a variable for testing the result.

Another way to achieve greater speed and simplicity is this code below:
Add this to the functions.php file in your theme:

if ( function_exists( 'get_option_tree' ) ) {
  $theme_options = $theme_options;
}

function option_tree_default($val,$default){
	global theme_options;
	if($theme_options[$val]){
		return $theme_options[$val];
	}else{
		return $default;
	}
}

Then within you theme you can use it as such:
echo 'option_tree_default('my_var_value','Default Value');

I think the important issue behind default values is that the end-user is potentially hazardous to the site operations when they remove important values, insert wrong values, insert improperly formatted values (colors, measurements), etc.