Can I use a universal no-results display for Views?

Question

In Drupal 7, is there a way to set a default, universal No results message for Views? Which of these following options should work?

Should I use a Rendered Entity? If so can I create a node (say, called 'no-results')? Is the Entity Id field, the URL of the entity?

Answer 1

You can copy views-view.tpl.php template to your theme folder, then modify relevant part.

<?php if ($rows): ?>
  <div class="view-content">
    <?php print $rows; ?>
  </div>
<?php elseif ($empty): ?>
  <div class="view-empty">
    <?php print $empty; ?>
  </div>
<?php endif; ?>

To:

<?php if ($rows): ?>
  <div class="view-content">
    <?php print $rows; ?>
  </div>
<?php else: ?>
  <!-- HTML for no results here -->
<?php endif; ?>

You can keep the <?php elseif ($empty): ?> part if you still want to be able to override your custom output.

Cheers,