--- loncom/interface/lonwhatsnew.pm	2006/10/13 22:03:26	1.63
+++ loncom/interface/lonwhatsnew.pm	2006/11/23 00:02:38	1.64
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: lonwhatsnew.pm,v 1.63 2006/10/13 22:03:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonwhatsnew.pm,v 1.64 2006/11/23 00:02:38 banghart Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -286,11 +286,7 @@ sub display_actions_box {
         $result = &store_courseinit_setting($uname,$udom,$cid,$initpage);
     }
 
-    my %threshold = (
-                      av_attempts => 2,
-                      degdiff => 0.5,
-                      numstudents => 2,
-                     );
+    my %threshold = ();
     my %pagedesc = &Apache::lonlocal::texthash (
                      firstres => 'First resource',
                      whatsnew => "What's New? page",
@@ -468,9 +464,6 @@ sub display_threshold_config {
     my $rowColor;
 
     my @thresholditems = ("av_attempts","degdiff","numstudents");
-    foreach my $item (@thresholditems) {
-        $threshold{$item} = '';
-    }
     my %threshold_titles = &Apache::lonlocal::texthash(
                          av_attempts => 'Average number of attempts',
                          degdiff => 'Degree of difficulty',
@@ -913,6 +906,11 @@ sub check_thresholds {
 
 sub get_curr_thresholds {
     my ($threshold,$uname,$udom,$cid,$cdom,$crs) = @_;
+    # set default values
+    %$threshold = (av_attempts => 2,
+                  degdiff => 0.5,
+                  numstudents => 2
+                  );
     my %thresholdsettings = &Apache::lonnet::dump('nohist_whatsnew',$udom,
                                                      $uname,$cid.':threshold');
     my $thresholdcount = 0;