Cliche Pagination Issue

<div class="cliche galleryid-[[+id]]" id="album-[[+id]]">
    <h2>[[+name]]</h2>
    <p>Page:[[+cliche.current_page]] of [[+cliche.last_page]] 
    [[+cliche.current_page:gt=`1`:then=`<a href=[[~[[*id]]]]&page=1> :First: </a>`]]
    [[+cliche.page_link_prev]] 
    [[+cliche.page_link_next]] 
    [[+cliche.current_page:notequalto=`[[+cliche.last_page]]`:then=`<a href="[[~[[*id]]]]&page=[[+cliche.last_page]]"> :Last: </a>`]]</p>
    [[+items]]
</div>
<!-- End #album-[[+id]] -->

        $paginate = $this->getProperty('paginate', false);
        if( $paginate ){
            $pageVar = $this->getProperty('pageVar', 'page');
            $request = $this->modx->request->getParameters();
            $page = isset($request[$pageVar]) ? $request[$pageVar] : 1;
            $start = ceil($paginate * $page  + 1) - $paginate;
            $query->limit($paginate, $start);
            
            /* Prepare pagiantion */
            $lastPage = ceil($total / $paginate);
            $prevLink = $this->getPaginationLink($pageVar, $page, $this->getProperty('prevLinkText', '<< prev'));
            $nextLink = $this->getPaginationLink($pageVar, $page, $this->getProperty('nextLinkText', 'next >>'), 'next', $lastPage);
            
            /* Simple pagination */
            $phs = array(
                $this->getProperty('totalPagePlaceholder', 'cliche.current_page') => $page,
                $this->getProperty('nextLinkPlaceholder', 'cliche.page_link_next') => $nextLink,
                $this->getProperty('prevLinkPlaceholder', 'cliche.page_link_prev') => $prevLink,
                $this->getProperty('lastPagePlaceholder', 'cliche.last_page') => $lastPage,
            );            
            $this->controller->setPlaceholders($phs);
        }
        
        return $query;
    }
    
    
    /**
     * Get a simple link for pagination
     * 
     * @param string $pageVar The query string variable to use for the link
     * @param integer $page The current page number
     * @param string $text The text of the link
     * @param string $action The action to link to (prev or next page)
     * @param integer $lastPage The last page number
     * @return string $link The page link or an empty string
     */
    public function getPaginationLink($pageVar, $page, $text, $action = 'prev', $lastPage){        
        $showParams = true;
        if($action == 'next'){   
            $page = $page + 1;
            if($page > $lastPage) return ''; 
        } else {   
            if($page == 1) return '';
            $page = $page - 1;
            if($page == 1) $showParams = false;            
        }
        $params = $showParams ? array( $pageVar => $page ) : array();
        
        $url = $this->modx->makeUrl( $this->modx->resource->get('id'),'',$params); 
        $link = "<a href=\"{$url}\">{$text}</a>";
        return $link;
    }