Register User Controls and Custom Controls in Web.Config

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Did you know that in ASP.NET 2.0 you can register user controls and custom controls in your Web.Config rather than at the top of every page?  I didn't.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>

  <system.web>
    
    <pages>
      <controls>
        <add tagPrefix="scottgu" src="~/Controls/Header.ascx" tagName="header"/>
        <add tagPrefix="scottgu" src="~/Controls/Footer.ascx" tagName="footer"/>
        <add tagPrefix="ControlVendor" assembly="ControlVendorAssembly"/>
      </controls>
    </pages>

  </system.web>

</configuration>