I've read a post about changing base view type on MVC from the link below:

<http://haacked.com/archive/2011/02/21/changing-base-type-of-a-razor-view.aspx>

I followed the instructions but my page still inherits from `System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage`. I can't reach any property defined in my custom view base and I get an error on runtime. When I use `@inherits` keyword, it fixes. 

**Web.config**

```
<pages pageBaseType="[MyNamespace].WebViewPageBase">
  <namespaces>
    <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
    <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
  </namespaces>
</pages>

```

**WebViewPageBase**

```
public class WebViewPageBase : WebViewPage
{
    public SomeType MyProperty { get; set; }

    public override void InitHelpers()
    {
        base.InitHelpers();
        MyProperty = { foo };
    }

    public override void Execute()
    {

    }
}

public class WebViewPageBase<T> : WebViewPage<T>
{
    public SomeType MyProperty { get; set; }

    public override void InitHelpers()
    {
        base.InitHelpers();
        MyProperty = { foo };
    }

    public override void Execute()
    {

    }
}

```

**Partial View**

```
@model TopMenuModel

<div class="topMenu">
@MyProperty
</div>

```

But in the post I've read there is no instruction about `@inherits` keyword. Is there any thing that I miss or any way to make this work without `@inherits` keyword in all pages?

**SOLVED:**

`web.config` file in `root` directory is not the right one. I changed base type in the `web.config` file under `View` directory and it fixed.