The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page

Question

This is an ASP.NET MVC 3 exception message. What it says? What should I do?

OK, I have this code:

@{      Layout = "~/_Layout.cshtml";      Page.Title = "Home";             }  @section meta{     <meta name="keywords" content="" />     <meta name="description" content="" /> }  <h2>Html Content Here</h2>  @section footer {     <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>     <script type="text/javascript">         $(document).ready(function() {     });         </script>  } 

Answer 1

Your layout page isn't actually rendering the sections footer and meta

In your _Layout.cshtml, put in @RenderSection("meta") where you want the meta section rendered.

You can also do @RenderSection("meta", false) to indicate that the section is optional.

Answer 2

The error message implies that your _Layout.cshtml does not include @RenderSection statements for the @sections that you have in your view.

Check your Layout and let us know.

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