MVC 3 - Nested layouts - sections don't render in Areas

Question

Problem:

Given this nested layout structure:

~/Views/Shared/_layoutBase.cshtml
~/Views/Shared/_layout.cshtml

Where _layoutBase.cshtml i

Answer 1

The Reason Why:

I have got up this morning and saw the problem straight away:

I had the @section blocks in a Partial View. In MVC 3, that WON'T work!!

ARGH!

I really appreciate Darin's effort, that effectively provided proof that sections do work in Areas as expected. But the real cause was this.

I forgot they were in a Partial View, because I have a mvc 3 wizard that uses partial views for steps. It works so well and consistently, using ajax if javascript is available, that you forget what you are doing.

Please give Darin a vote, but this is the real answer.