MVC3 doesn't recognize MvcContrib namespace in Razor View - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I'm trying to paginate something with MvcContrib's Html.Pager(), but my razor views can't reference the right namespace.
Controller is ok:
using MvcContrib.Pagination;
...
public ActionResult List(int? page)
{
return View(new UserRepository().GetUserList().AsPagination(page ?? 1, 10));
}
But, the view can't make sense of either:
#using MvcContrib
OR
#Html.Pager((IPagination)Model)
I installed MvcContrib via NuGet. I tried adding MvcContrib, MvcContrib.UI and MvcContrib.UI.Html namespaces to <pages><namespaces> in web.config with no luck. Did I miss something?

Answer 1

Contrary to WebForms, Razor doesn't use the <namespaces> section in ~/web.config. It uses the <namespaces> in ~/Views/web.config:
<system.web.webPages.razor>
<host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="MvcContrib"/>
<add namespace="MvcContrib.UI.Grid"/>
<add namespace="MvcContrib.UI.Pager"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>
and then:
#model MvcContrib.Pagination.IPagination<SomeViewModel>
#Html.Pager(Model)
or you could also add the proper namespace to your view if you prefer:
#model MvcContrib.Pagination.IPagination<SomeViewModel>
#using MvcContrib.UI.Pager
#Html.Pager(Model)

Answer 2

After adding MvcContrib.dll reference, try this code.
#using MvcContrib.UI.Pager
#using MvcContrib.Pagination
#model IPagination
#Html.Pager(Model)
I posted MvcContrib Grid paging,filtering + MVC3 Razor sample article to my blog.