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  <Target Name="MvcBuildViews" AfterTargets="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(MvcBuildViews)'=='true'">
    <AspNetCompiler VirtualPath="temp" PhysicalPath="$(ProjectDir)\..\$(ProjectName)" />
  </Target>

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public static bool UrlExists(string url)
{
   try
   {
      var request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
      if (request == null) return false;
      request.Method = "HEAD";
      using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
      {
         return response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK;