protected function populateState($ordering = null, $direction = null)
{
// Initialise variables.
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$published = $this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.published', 'filter_published', '');
$this->setState('filter.published', $published);
//set sliderID
$sliderID = JRequest::getString("sliderid");
if (empty($sliderID)) {
$sliderID = $this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.slider', 'filter_sliders', '');
}
if (empty($sliderID)) {
$sliderID = NivoSliderHelper::getFirstSliderID();
}
$this->setState('filter.slider', $sliderID);
// List state information.
parent::populateState('a.ordering', 'asc');
}
public static function getFirstSliderID()
{
$sliderID = NivoSliderHelper::getFirstSliderID();
return $sliderID;
}
