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Asked: 2026-05-30T03:07:00+00:00

Could i include a single page .cshtml in a MVC3 app (without controller)? I

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Could i include a single page .cshtml in a MVC3 app (without controller)? I have some static pages but i like to use our base layout.

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    Yes, you can. For example include index.cshtml with the following contents in the root of your web site:

    @DateTime.Now

    and then navigate to /index.cshtml.

    Bare in mind that cshtml pages are not allowed in the ~/Views folder so make sure you don’t put outside. The Views folder is a special one and is controlled by the ~/Views/web.config in which the base type for Razor views is changed to System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage because those are MVC views and also they cannot be served directly.

    So you could have 2 types of templates:

    • System.Web.WebPages.WebPage (standard WebMatrix WebPage)
    • System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage (ASP.NET MVC views, stored in the ~/Views folder)

    This being said, you cannot use your ~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml with a WebPage. It can only be used with ASP.NET MVC views.

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