A Razor/ASP.NET MVC pager that is adaptable for any project (Developed for Umbraco)

Pager.cshtml

@model Epiphany.Web.Models.PagerViewModel

@{
    var showPages = 5;
    var maxPage = (int) Math.Ceiling((decimal) Model.Total/Model.PageSize);
}

@*[[ PAGER PAGE:@Model.Page PAGESIZE:@Model.PageSize TOTAL:@Model.Total MAXPAGE:@maxPage ]]*@

<div class="pagination">
    <span class="paging-heading">Read more stories</span>
    <ul class="paging">
        @Previous(Model.Page)

        @LeftDots(Model.Page, showPages)
        
        @PageNumbers(Model.Page, showPages, maxPage)
        
        @RightDots(Model.Page, showPages, maxPage)
        
        @Next(Model.Page, maxPage)
    </ul>
</div>

@helper Previous(int page)
{
    if (page == 1)
    {
        @:<li class="p-prev disabled"><a href="#"></a>
    }
    else
    {
        @:<li class="p-prev"><a href="?page=@(page - 1)"></a>
    }
}

@helper Next(int page, int maxPage)
{
    if (page >= maxPage)
    {
        @:<li class="p-next disabled"><a href="#"></a>
    }
    else
    {
        @:<li class="p-next"><a href="?page=@(page + 1)"></a>
    }
}

@helper LeftDots(int page, int showPages)
{
    var middle = Math.Ceiling((decimal) showPages/2);
    if (page - middle > 0)
    {
        @:<li class="p-dots"><a>…</a>
    }
}

@helper RightDots(int page, int showPages, int maxPage)
{
    var floor = (int)Math.Floor((decimal)showPages/2);
    if (maxPage - page - floor > 0)
    {
        @:<li class="p-dots"><a>…</a>
    }
}

@helper PageNumbers(int page, int showPages, int maxPage)
{
    var middle = page;
    var start = page - 2;
    var end = page + 2;
    while (start < 1 && end < maxPage)
    {
        start++;
        middle++;
        end++;
    }
    
    if (end - maxPage > 0)
    {
        start = start - (end - maxPage);
    }
    
    if (start < 1)
    {
        start = 1;
    }

    for (int i = start; i <= maxPage && i <= end; i++)
    {
        if (i == page)
        {
            @:<li class="p-active"><a href="?page=@i">@i</a>
        }
        else
        {
            @:<li><a href="?page=@i">@i</a>
        }
    }
    
    @*<text>[[ START:@start END:@end MAXPAGE:@maxPage PAGE:@page]]</text>*@
}

PagerViewModel.cs

    public class PagerViewModel
    {
        public int Page { get; set; }
        public int PageSize { get; set; }
        public int Total { get; set; }
    }