Target .NET 4.5 and Set the SitecoreDeployFolder and SitecoreWebUrl.
Replaced Sitecore().Item with Sitecore().ItemRendering in Footer.cshtml and SidebarItems.cshtml
Updated App_Config/Include/Sitecore.Mvc.config to be Sitecore7 compliant.
Do not deploy the files Sitecore.Mvc.config and web.config.