Why does Ajax.BeginForm replace my whole page?

Question

Context: Asp.Net MVC3 w/Razor

I am trying to put a login form on a Razor layout (formerly master page) so that, when the user times out, s/he can be prompted to log

Answer 1

Note: my problem was first, i referenced wrong ajax script file jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js instead of jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js and latest jquery version doesn't worked, only jquery-1.7.1.min.js worked for me.

i was trying to return content after successful entry

so here is the order:

Post of Darin and Richard Everett helped. hope helps.