--- a/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/itgroup/digilib/plugin/Activator.java	Wed Jan 05 11:35:45 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/de/mpg/mpiwg/itgroup/digilib/plugin/Activator.java	Wed Jan 05 12:29:11 2011 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.mpg.mpiwg.itgroup.digilib.plugin;
 
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
 import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
 import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@
 
 	// The plug-in ID
 	public static final String PLUGIN_ID = "de.mpg.mpiwg.itgroup.diglib.plugin"; //$NON-NLS-1$
-
+	
+	//default base url fuer preferences
+	private static final String baseUrl_default="http://digilib.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/digitallibrary/servlet/Scaler";
+	public static String baseUrl_id="baseurl";
 	// The shared instance
 	private static Activator plugin;
 	
@@ -58,4 +62,14 @@
 	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
 		return imageDescriptorFromPlugin(PLUGIN_ID, path);
 	}
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Initializes a preference store with default preference values 
+	 * for this plug-in.
+	 */
+	protected void initializeDefaultPreferences(IPreferenceStore store) {
+		store.setDefault(baseUrl_id, baseUrl_default);
+		
+
+	}
 }