Use is easy- download the zip, open it up.  Because of the limitations in how EE used to handle extension settings, you need to open up both lang.static_fields.php and ext.static_fields.php.  At the top of both files, you need to set:

var $total_groupings = 2;  //user configurable
var $weblog_ids  = "1|4";  //user configurable, takes a pipe-delimited list of weblog ids.


The $total_groups variable specifies how many custom fields PER weblog you want to add a static field to.  The weblog ids?  For each weblog you want to add some static text to, you need to include it in this list.

After that?  It’s easy:

  • Upload the language file to the language folder and the extension file to the extension folder
  • Go to ‘Admin- Utilities- Extensions manager’- enable the plugin
  • Click on the settings- and specify the default text you’d like for each field of each weblog that you need some default static content in.

I’m not sure there’s a ton of demand for this one, but I needed the practice.  If you need the extension, then it’s a win for all concerned.

**Note- as Ingmar pointed out in the forums, an alternative to the extension is to use a conditional on a template- if a field is empty, then show ‘whatever’- otherwise show the field contents.  ‘Whatever’ would be your ‘default static content’.  9 times out of 10?  That’s probably what I’d do.  Depends a bit on the specifics and your personal preferences.