diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/IPublishedProperty.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/IPublishedProperty.cs
index 9d2cca3e6d..cfab82213a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/IPublishedProperty.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/IPublishedProperty.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     /// </summary>
     public interface IPublishedProperty
     {
+        PublishedPropertyType PropertyType { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the alias of the property.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyType.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyType.cs
index 507e6f7843..bf1d940dbe 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyType.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/PublishedContent/PublishedPropertyType.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent
     /// <remarks>Instances of the <see cref="PublishedPropertyType"/> class are immutable, ie
     /// if the property type changes, then a new class needs to be created.</remarks>
     public class PublishedPropertyType
-    {
+    {
+        //fixme - API design review, should this be an interface?
+
         private readonly IPublishedModelFactory _publishedModelFactory;
         private readonly PropertyValueConverterCollection _propertyValueConverters;
         private readonly object _locker = new object();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/SolidPublishedSnapshot.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/SolidPublishedSnapshot.cs
index c5b27554c9..4f63533693 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/SolidPublishedSnapshot.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/SolidPublishedSnapshot.cs
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
 
     class SolidPublishedProperty : IPublishedProperty
     {
+        public PublishedPropertyType PropertyType { get; set; }
         public string Alias { get; set; }
         public object SolidSourceValue { get; set; }
         public object SolidValue { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/Views/Preview/web.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/Views/Preview/web.config
index 5ab8bbc7d6..339972c139 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/Views/Preview/web.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco/Views/Preview/web.config
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </configSections>
 
     <system.web.webPages.razor>
-        <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
+        <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
         <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
             <namespaces>
                 <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <system.web>
         <compilation>
             <assemblies>
-                <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
+                <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
             </assemblies>
         </compilation>
     </system.web>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/Web.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/Web.config
index 9a97ba5be2..9c0bd5b5df 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/Web.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Views/Web.config
@@ -1,65 +1,65 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <configuration>
 
-  <configSections>
-    <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
-      <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
-      <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
-    </sectionGroup>
-  </configSections>
+    <configSections>
+        <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
+            <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
+            <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
+        </sectionGroup>
+    </configSections>
 
-  <system.web.webPages.razor>
-    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
-    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
-      <namespaces>
-        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
-        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
-        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
-        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Web" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Core" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Core.Models" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Web.Mvc" />
-        <add namespace="Examine" />
-        <add namespace="Umbraco.Web.PublishedModels" />
-      </namespaces>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web.webPages.razor>
+    <system.web.webPages.razor>
+        <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
+        <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
+            <namespaces>
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
+                <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Web" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Core" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Core.Models" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Web.Mvc" />
+                <add namespace="Examine" />
+                <add namespace="Umbraco.Web.PublishedModels" />
+            </namespaces>
+        </pages>
+    </system.web.webPages.razor>
 
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
-  </appSettings>
+    <appSettings>
+        <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
+    </appSettings>
 
-  <system.web>
-    <httpHandlers>
-      <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
-    </httpHandlers>
+    <system.web>
+        <httpHandlers>
+            <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
+        </httpHandlers>
 
-    <!--
+        <!--
         Enabling request validation in view pages would cause validation to occur
         after the input has already been processed by the controller. By default
         MVC performs request validation before a controller processes the input.
         To change this behavior apply the ValidateInputAttribute to a
         controller or action.
     -->
-    <pages
-        validateRequest="false"
-        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
-        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
-        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
-      <controls>
-        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
-      </controls>
-    </pages>
-  </system.web>
+        <pages
+            validateRequest="false"
+            pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
+            pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
+            userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
+            <controls>
+                <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
+            </controls>
+        </pages>
+    </system.web>
 
-  <system.webServer>
-    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
+    <system.webServer>
+        <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
 
-    <handlers>
-      <remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
-      <add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
-    </handlers>
-  </system.webServer>
+        <handlers>
+            <remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
+            <add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
+        </handlers>
+    </system.webServer>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Install/Views/Web.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Install/Views/Web.config
index d7f2ec9848..a14bad0760 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Install/Views/Web.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Install/Views/Web.config
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   </configSections>
 
   <system.web.webPages.razor>
-    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
+    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
     <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
       <namespaces>
         <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
     -->
     <pages
         validateRequest="false"
-        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
-        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
-        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
+        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
+        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
+        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
       <controls>
-        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
+        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
       </controls>
     </pages>
   </system.web>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
index 510b4f17db..9bda916f26 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.Debug.config
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Remove" xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='System.Web.Mvc']])" />
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Insert">
         <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
-        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-5.2.3.0" newVersion="5.2.3.0" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-5.2.6.0" newVersion="5.2.6.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
 
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Remove" xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='System.Net.Http']])"/>
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Remove" xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='System.Web.Http']])"/>
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Insert">
         <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Http" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
-        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.2.3.0" newVersion="5.2.3.0"/>
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.2.6.0" newVersion="5.2.6.0"/>
       </dependentAssembly>
 
       <dependentAssembly xdt:Transform="Remove" xdt:Locator="Condition(_defaultNamespace:assemblyIdentity[@name='System.Web.WebPages']])" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index b20e6646a1..7eedec3ec0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
         <trace enabled="true" requestLimit="10" pageOutput="false" traceMode="SortByTime" localOnly="true" />
 
-        <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" enableVersionHeader="false" targetFramework="4.7" maxRequestLength="51200" fcnMode="Single" />
+        <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" enableVersionHeader="false" targetFramework="4.7.2" maxRequestLength="51200" fcnMode="Single" />
 
         <pages enableEventValidation="false">
             <controls>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <add verb="*" path="DependencyHandler.axd" type="ClientDependency.Core.CompositeFiles.CompositeDependencyHandler, ClientDependency.Core " />
         </httpHandlers>
 
-        <compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false" batch="false" targetFramework="4.7" numRecompilesBeforeAppRestart="50"/>
+        <compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false" batch="false" targetFramework="4.7.2" numRecompilesBeforeAppRestart="50"/>
 
         <authentication mode="Forms">
             <forms name="yourAuthCookie" loginUrl="login.aspx" protection="All" path="/" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
index 1ebfcb2841..6b3581aeab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/HtmlHelperRenderExtensions.cs
@@ -195,72 +195,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             return htmlHelper.Action(actionName, metaData.ControllerName, routeVals);
         }
 
-        #region GetCropUrl
-
-        [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
-        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public static IHtmlString GetCropUrl(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IPublishedContent mediaItem, string cropAlias)
-        {
-            return new HtmlString(mediaItem.GetCropUrl(cropAlias: cropAlias, useCropDimensions: true));
-        }
-
-        [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
-        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public static IHtmlString GetCropUrl(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IPublishedContent mediaItem, string propertyAlias, string cropAlias)
-        {
-            return new HtmlString(mediaItem.GetCropUrl(propertyAlias: propertyAlias, cropAlias: cropAlias, useCropDimensions: true));
-        }
-
-        [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
-        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public static IHtmlString GetCropUrl(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
-            IPublishedContent mediaItem,
-            int? width = null,
-            int? height = null,
-            string propertyAlias = Constants.Conventions.Media.File,
-            string cropAlias = null,
-            int? quality = null,
-            ImageCropMode? imageCropMode = null,
-            ImageCropAnchor? imageCropAnchor = null,
-            bool preferFocalPoint = false,
-            bool useCropDimensions = false,
-            bool cacheBuster = true,
-            string furtherOptions = null,
-            ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
-        {
-            return
-                new HtmlString(mediaItem.GetCropUrl(width, height, propertyAlias, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
-                    imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBuster, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale));
-        }
-
-        [Obsolete("Use the UrlHelper.GetCropUrl extension instead")]
-        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public static IHtmlString GetCropUrl(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
-            string imageUrl,
-            int? width = null,
-            int? height = null,
-            string imageCropperValue = null,
-            string cropAlias = null,
-            int? quality = null,
-            ImageCropMode? imageCropMode = null,
-            ImageCropAnchor? imageCropAnchor = null,
-            bool preferFocalPoint = false,
-            bool useCropDimensions = false,
-            string cacheBusterValue = null,
-            string furtherOptions = null,
-            ImageCropRatioMode? ratioMode = null,
-            bool upScale = true)
-        {
-            return
-                new HtmlString(imageUrl.GetCropUrl(width, height, imageCropperValue, cropAlias, quality, imageCropMode,
-                    imageCropAnchor, preferFocalPoint, useCropDimensions, cacheBusterValue, furtherOptions, ratioMode,
-                    upScale));
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-
         #region BeginUmbracoForm
 
         /// <summary>