Inside my page, I have the following:
Well, I've found the problem(s):
User Controls, as opposed to Custom Controls must be registered one-by-one in the web.config file. Do this:
instead of:
You should never place a WebControl in the same directory as the Control that is using it. This is downright silly. Read about it here.
Thanks for the help. Now if only I could mark my own answer as the answer...