diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6632a726ba..d40e521239 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
 - Improve statistics subclassing. Split class module into classes
   and renderers.
 - Sort facet link, object, secondady and sidebar actions.
+- Add support for extended templates when there are no results.
+- Add help messages and useful links to several apps when there
+  are no results available.
 
 3.0.3 (2018-08-17)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/acls/views.py b/mayan/apps/acls/views.py
index 3e4c8d60de..efd3becad7 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/acls/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/acls/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import logging
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ from permissions import PermissionNamespace, Permission
 from permissions.models import StoredPermission
 
 from .classes import ModelPermission
+from .icons import icon_acl_list
+from .links import link_acl_create
 from .models import AccessControlList
 from .permissions import permission_acl_edit, permission_acl_view
 
@@ -135,6 +138,19 @@ class ACLListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_acl_list,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_acl_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {'resolved_object': self.content_object}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'There are no ACLs for this object'
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'ACL stands for Access Control List and is a precise method '
+                ' to control user access to objects in the system.'
+            ),
             'object': self.content_object,
             'title': _('Access control lists for: %s' % self.content_object),
         }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_subtemplate.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_subtemplate.html
index 8eb688f6ba..c9e3b313f2 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_subtemplate.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_form_subtemplate.html
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@
                     {% include 'appearance/generic_form_instance.html' %}
                 {% empty %}
                     <tr><td class="text-center" colspan=99>
-                        {% if form_empty_label %}{{ form_empty_label }}{% else %}{% trans 'No results' %}{% endif %}
+                        {% if form_empty_label %}{{ form_empty_label }}{% else %}
+
+                        {% include 'appearance/no_results.html' %}
+
+                        {% endif %}
                     </td></tr>
                 {% endfor %}
 
@@ -72,23 +76,26 @@
             {% include 'appearance/generic_form_instance.html' %}
         {% endif %}
         {% if not read_only %}
-            <div class="form-group">
-                <button class="btn btn-primary" name="{% if form.prefix %}{{ form.prefix }}-submit{% else %}submit{% endif %}" type="submit">
-                    {% if submit_icon_class %}
-                        {{ submit_icon_class.render }}
-                    {% elif submit_icon %}
-                        <i class="{{ submit_icon }}"></i>
-                    {% else %}
-                        <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
+            {% if not form.management_form or wizard.management_form or form.forms %}
+            {# Is a normal form, a wizard form, or a formset with at least one form #}
+                <div class="form-group">
+                    <button class="btn btn-primary" name="{% if form.prefix %}{{ form.prefix }}-submit{% else %}submit{% endif %}" type="submit">
+                        {% if submit_icon_class %}
+                            {{ submit_icon_class.render }}
+                        {% elif submit_icon %}
+                            <i class="{{ submit_icon }}"></i>
+                        {% else %}
+                            <i class="fa fa-check"></i>
+                        {% endif %}
+                        {% if submit_label %}{{ submit_label }}{% else %}{% if object %}{% trans 'Save' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Submit' %}{% endif %}{% endif %}
+                    </button>
+                    {% if previous %}
+                          &nbsp;<a class="btn btn-default" onclick='history.back();'>
+                            <i class="fa fa-times"></i> {% if cancel_label %}{{ cancel_label }}{% else %}{% trans 'Cancel' %}{% endif %}
+                          </a>
                     {% endif %}
-                    {% if submit_label %}{{ submit_label }}{% else %}{% if object %}{% trans 'Save' %}{% else %}{% trans 'Submit' %}{% endif %}{% endif %}
-                </button>
-                {% if previous %}
-                      &nbsp;<a class="btn btn-default" onclick='history.back();'>
-                        <i class="fa fa-times"></i> {% if cancel_label %}{{ cancel_label }}{% else %}{% trans 'Cancel' %}{% endif %}
-                      </a>
-                {% endif %}
-            </div>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
         {% endif %}
     </form>
 </div>
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_horizontal.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_horizontal.html
index 91a99cf10b..94c10d0dea 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_horizontal.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_horizontal.html
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
                 {% for object_navigation_links in resolved_links %}
                     {% include 'navigation/generic_navigation.html' %}
                 {% empty %}
-                    <p class="text-center" colspan=99>{% trans 'No results' %}</p>
+                    <p class="text-center" colspan=99>
+                        {% include 'appearance/no_results.html' %}
+                    </p>
                 {% endfor %}
             {% endwith %}
         </div>
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_items_subtemplate.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_items_subtemplate.html
index 93bf83dbec..a8559717b4 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_items_subtemplate.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_items_subtemplate.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                     </div>
                 {% empty %}
                     <div class="col-xs-12">
-                        <p class="text-center">{% trans 'No results' %}</p>
+                        {% include 'appearance/no_results.html' %}
                     </div>
 
                 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_subtemplate.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_subtemplate.html
index d7fcc5956d..8b05503c3a 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_subtemplate.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list_subtemplate.html
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@
                             {% endif %}
                             </tr>
                         {% empty %}
-                            <tr><td class="text-center" colspan=99>{% trans 'No results' %}</td></tr>
+                            <tr>
+                                <td class="text-center" colspan=99>
+                                    {% include 'appearance/no_results.html' %}
+                                </td>
+                            </tr>
                         {% endfor %}
                     </tbody>
                 </table>
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/no_results.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/no_results.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53bd7668e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/no_results.html
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+
+<div class="text-center">
+    <div style="font-size: 150%;">
+        {% if no_results_icon %}
+            {{ no_results_icon.render }}
+        {% else %}
+            <i class="fa fa-times"></i>
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
+
+    {% trans 'No results' as default_title %}
+    <h4>{{ no_results_title|default:default_title }}</h4>
+    {% if no_results_text %}
+        <p class="small">{{ no_results_text }}</p>
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if no_results_main_link %}
+        <div>
+            {% with no_results_main_link as link %}
+            {% with 'btn btn-primary btn-sm' as link_classes %}
+            {% include 'navigation/generic_subnavigation.html' %}
+            {% endwith %}
+            {% endwith %}
+        </div>
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if no_results_secondary_links %}
+        <div>
+            {% for link in no_results_secondary_links %}
+                {% with 'btn btn-default btn-sm' as link_classes %}
+                    {% include 'navigation/generic_subnavigation.html' %}
+                {% endwith %}
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+    {% endif %}
+</div>
+
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/icons.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/icons.py
index 5b77a6786c..bdcf84e25c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/cabinets/icons.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/icons.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from appearance.classes import Icon
 
+icon_cabinet = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='columns')
 icon_cabinet_create = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='plus')
 icon_cabinet_list = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='columns')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
index 7466b27ba2..3bd7e9ab74 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext
 
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ from documents.models import Document
 from documents.views import DocumentListView
 
 from .forms import CabinetListForm
+from .icons import icon_cabinet
+from .links import (
+    link_cabinet_add_document, link_cabinet_child_add, link_cabinet_create
+)
 from .models import Cabinet
 from .permissions import (
     permission_cabinet_add_document, permission_cabinet_create,
@@ -108,6 +113,18 @@ class CabinetDetailView(DocumentListView):
                     jstree_data(node=cabinet.get_root(), selected_node=cabinet)
                 ),
                 'list_as_items': True,
+                'no_results_icon': icon_cabinet,
+                'no_results_main_link': link_cabinet_child_add.resolve(
+                    context=RequestContext(
+                        request=self.request, dict_={'object': cabinet}
+                    )
+                ),
+                'no_results_text': _(
+                    'Cabinets level can contain documents or other '
+                    'cabinet sub levels. Documents can be added from '
+                    'the document\'s cabinet section.'
+                ),
+                'no_results_title': _('This cabinet level is empty'),
                 'object': cabinet,
                 'title': _('Details of cabinet: %s') % cabinet.get_full_path(),
             }
@@ -151,6 +168,16 @@ class CabinetListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
             'title': _('Cabinets'),
+            'no_results_icon': icon_cabinet,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_cabinet_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(request=self.request)
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Cabinets are a multi-level method to organize '
+                'documents. Each cabinet can contain documents as '
+                'well as other sub level cabinets.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('No cabinets available'),
         }
 
     def get_object_list(self):
@@ -175,6 +202,18 @@ class DocumentCabinetListView(CabinetListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_cabinet,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_cabinet_add_document.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    request=self.request, dict_={'object': self.document}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Documents can be added to many cabinets.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'This document is not in any cabinet'
+            ),
             'object': self.document,
             'title': _('Cabinets containing document: %s') % self.document,
         }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/checkouts/views.py b/mayan/apps/checkouts/views.py
index 8623bc7b73..40acbcf7bd 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/checkouts/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/checkouts/views.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from common.utils import encapsulate
 
 from .exceptions import DocumentAlreadyCheckedOut, DocumentNotCheckedOut
 from .forms import DocumentCheckoutForm, DocumentCheckoutDefailForm
+from .icons import icon_checkout_info
 from .models import DocumentCheckout
 from .permissions import (
     permission_document_checkin, permission_document_checkin_override,
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ class CheckoutListView(DocumentListView):
                         )
                     },
                 ),
+                'no_results_icon': icon_checkout_info,
+                'no_results_text': _(
+                    'Checking out a document blocks certain document '
+                    'operations for a predetermined amount of '
+                    'time.'
+                ),
+                'no_results_title': _('No documents have been checked out'),
             }
         )
         return context
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/views.py b/mayan/apps/common/views.py
index 4db08c68c5..0fa384192f 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/views.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from .generics import (  # NOQA
     SingleObjectDynamicFormEditView, SingleObjectDownloadView,
     SingleObjectEditView, SingleObjectListView, SimpleView
 )
+from .icons import icon_setup
 from .menus import menu_tools, menu_setup
 from .permissions_runtime import permission_error_log_view
 from .utils import check_version
@@ -253,10 +254,18 @@ class SetupListView(TemplateView):
         data = super(SetupListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context = RequestContext(self.request)
         context['request'] = self.request
-        data.update({
-            'resolved_links': menu_setup.resolve(context=context),
-            'title': _('Setup items'),
-        })
+        data.update(
+            {
+                'no_results_icon': icon_setup,
+                'no_results_label': _('No setup options available.'),
+                'no_results_text': _(
+                    'No results here means that don\'t have the required '
+                    'permissions to perform administrative task.'
+                ),
+                'resolved_links': menu_setup.resolve(context=context),
+                'title': _('Setup items'),
+            }
+        )
         return data
 
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/converter/icons.py b/mayan/apps/converter/icons.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..381d35d281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/converter/icons.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from appearance.classes import Icon
+
+icon_transformation = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='crop')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/converter/links.py b/mayan/apps/converter/links.py
index feaa19dcd6..066bb372ac 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/converter/links.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/converter/links.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from navigation import Link
 
+from .icons import icon_transformation
 from .permissions import (
     permission_transformation_create, permission_transformation_delete,
     permission_transformation_edit, permission_transformation_view
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ link_transformation_edit = Link(
     text=_('Edit'), view='converter:transformation_edit'
 )
 link_transformation_list = Link(
+    icon_class=icon_transformation,
     kwargs=get_kwargs_factory('resolved_object'),
     permissions=(permission_transformation_view,), text=_('Transformations'),
     view='converter:transformation_list'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/converter/views.py b/mayan/apps/converter/views.py
index aba4aced84..63d4fbaa1d 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/converter/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/converter/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ from common.views import (
     SingleObjectListView
 )
 
+from .icons import icon_transformation
+from .links import link_transformation_create
 from .models import Transformation
 from .permissions import (
     permission_transformation_create, permission_transformation_delete,
@@ -210,6 +213,18 @@ class TransformationListView(SingleObjectListView):
             'hide_link': True,
             'hide_object': True,
             'navigation_object_list': ('content_object',),
+            'no_results_icon': icon_transformation,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_transformation_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {'content_object': self.content_object,}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Transformations allow changing the visual appearance '
+                'of documents without making permanent changes to the '
+                'document file themselves.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('No transformations'),
             'title': _('Transformations for: %s') % self.content_object,
         }
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_comments/views.py b/mayan/apps/document_comments/views.py
index aee9bdc805..5f53a5ba69 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_comments/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_comments/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ from common.generics import (
 )
 from documents.models import Document
 
+from .icons import icon_comments_for_document
+from .links import link_comment_add
 from .models import Comment
 from .permissions import (
     permission_comment_create, permission_comment_delete,
@@ -93,6 +96,15 @@ class DocumentCommentListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
             'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_comments_for_document,
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Document comments are timestamped text entries from users. '
+                'They are great for collaboration.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_main_link': link_comment_add.resolve(
+                RequestContext(self.request, {'object': self.get_document()})
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('There are no comments'),
             'object': self.get_document(),
             'title': _('Comments for document: %s') % self.get_document(),
         }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_signatures/views.py b/mayan/apps/document_signatures/views.py
index 5c696e12df..bb3828aaef 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_signatures/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_signatures/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ from .forms import (
     DocumentVersionSignatureCreateForm,
     DocumentVersionSignatureDetailForm
 )
+from .icons import icon_document_signature_list
+from .links import (
+    link_document_version_signature_detached_create,
+    link_document_version_signature_embedded_create,
+    link_document_version_signature_upload
+)
 from .models import DetachedSignature, SignatureBaseModel
 from .permissions import (
     permission_document_version_sign_detached,
@@ -294,6 +301,31 @@ class DocumentVersionSignatureListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_document_signature_list,
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Signatures help provide authorship evidence and tamper '
+                'detection. They are very secure and hard to '
+                'forge. A signature can be embedded as part of the document '
+                'itself or uploaded as a separate file.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_secondary_links': [
+                link_document_version_signature_detached_create.resolve(
+                    RequestContext(
+                        self.request, {'object': self.get_document_version()}
+                    )
+                ),
+                link_document_version_signature_embedded_create.resolve(
+                    RequestContext(
+                        self.request, {'object': self.get_document_version()}
+                    )
+                ),
+                link_document_version_signature_upload.resolve(
+                    RequestContext(
+                        self.request, {'object': self.get_document_version()}
+                    )
+                ),
+            ],
+            'no_results_title': _('There are no signatures for this document.'),
             'object': self.get_document_version(),
             'title': _(
                 'Signatures for document version: %s'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_states/icons.py b/mayan/apps/document_states/icons.py
index b83609e401..209ef11e75 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_states/icons.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_states/icons.py
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ icon_tool_launch_all_workflows = Icon(
 icon_workflow_list = Icon(
     driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='sitemap'
 )
+icon_workflow_state = Icon(
+    driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='circle'
+)
+icon_workflow_state_action = Icon(
+    driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='code'
+)
+icon_workflow_transition = Icon(
+    driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='arrows-alt-h'
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_states/links.py b/mayan/apps/document_states/links.py
index b8db3d4fab..be55901d8c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_states/links.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_states/links.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from navigation import Link
 
 from .icons import (
     icon_document_workflow_instance_list, icon_setup_workflow_list,
-    icon_tool_launch_all_workflows, icon_workflow_list
+    icon_tool_launch_all_workflows, icon_workflow_list,
+    icon_workflow_state, icon_workflow_state_action, icon_workflow_transition
 )
 from .permissions import (
     permission_workflow_create, permission_workflow_delete,
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ link_document_workflow_instance_list = Link(
     view='document_states:document_workflow_instance_list',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_create = Link(
-    permissions=(permission_workflow_create,), text=_('Create workflow'),
-    view='document_states:setup_workflow_create'
+    icon_class=icon_workflow_list, permissions=(permission_workflow_create,),
+    text=_('Create workflow'), view='document_states:setup_workflow_create'
 )
 link_setup_workflow_delete = Link(
     args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_delete,),
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@ link_setup_workflow_state_action_list = Link(
     view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_action_list',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_state_action_selection = Link(
-    args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,),
-    text=_('Create action'),
+    args='resolved_object.pk', icon_class=icon_workflow_state_action,
+    permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,), text=_('Create action'),
     view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_action_selection',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_state_create = Link(
-    args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,),
-    text=_('Create state'),
+    args='resolved_object.pk', icon_class=icon_workflow_state,
+    permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,), text=_('Create state'),
     view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_create',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_state_delete = Link(
@@ -76,12 +77,13 @@ link_setup_workflow_state_edit = Link(
     text=_('Edit'), view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_edit',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_states = Link(
-    args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_view,),
-    text=_('States'), view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_list',
+    args='resolved_object.pk', icon_class=icon_workflow_state,
+    permissions=(permission_workflow_view,), text=_('States'),
+    view='document_states:setup_workflow_state_list',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_transition_create = Link(
-    args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,),
-    text=_('Create transition'),
+    args='resolved_object.pk', icon_class=icon_workflow_transition,
+    permissions=(permission_workflow_edit,), text=_('Create transition'),
     view='document_states:setup_workflow_transition_create',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_transition_delete = Link(
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ link_setup_workflow_transition_edit = Link(
     text=_('Edit'), view='document_states:setup_workflow_transition_edit',
 )
 link_setup_workflow_transitions = Link(
-    args='resolved_object.pk', permissions=(permission_workflow_view,),
-    text=_('Transitions'),
+    args='resolved_object.pk', icon_class=icon_workflow_transition,
+    permissions=(permission_workflow_view,), text=_('Transitions'),
     view='document_states:setup_workflow_transition_list',
 )
 link_tool_launch_all_workflows = Link(
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_states/views.py b/mayan/apps/document_states/views.py
index c85085a2c7..1fa21f3243 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_states/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_states/views.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ from .forms import (
     WorkflowPreviewForm, WorkflowStateActionDynamicForm, WorkflowStateForm,
     WorkflowTransitionForm, WorkflowTransitionTriggerEventRelationshipFormSet
 )
+from .icons import (
+    icon_workflow_list, icon_workflow_state, icon_workflow_state_action,
+    icon_workflow_transition
+)
+from .links import (
+    link_setup_workflow_create, link_setup_workflow_state_create,
+    link_setup_workflow_state_action_selection,
+    link_setup_workflow_transition_create
+)
 from .models import (
     Workflow, WorkflowInstance, WorkflowState, WorkflowStateAction,
     WorkflowTransition, WorkflowRuntimeProxy, WorkflowStateRuntimeProxy,
@@ -138,13 +148,27 @@ class WorkflowInstanceTransitionView(FormView):
 # Setup
 
 class SetupWorkflowListView(SingleObjectListView):
-    extra_context = {
-        'title': _('Workflows'),
-        'hide_object': True,
-    }
     model = Workflow
     object_permission = permission_workflow_view
 
+    def get_extra_context(self):
+        return {
+            'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_workflow_list,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(request=self.request)
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Workflows store a series for states and keep track of the '
+                'current state of a document. Transitions are used to change the '
+                'current state to a new one.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'No workflows have been defined.'
+            ),
+            'title': _('Workflows'),
+        }
+
 
 class SetupWorkflowCreateView(SingleObjectCreateView):
     form_class = WorkflowForm
@@ -324,6 +348,21 @@ class SetupWorkflowStateActionListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_object': True,
             'navigation_object_list': ('object', 'workflow'),
+            'no_results_icon': icon_workflow_state_action,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_state_action_selection.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    request=self.request, dict_={
+                        'object': self.get_workflow_state()
+                    }
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'There are no actions for this workflow state.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Workflow state actions are macros that get executed when '
+                'enters or leaves the state in which they reside.'
+            ),
             'object': self.get_workflow_state(),
             'title': _(
                 'Actions for workflow state: %s'
@@ -469,6 +508,18 @@ class SetupWorkflowStateListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_workflow_state,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_state_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {'object': self.get_workflow()}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'This workflow doesn\'t have any states'
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Create states and link them using transitions.'
+            ),
             'object': self.get_workflow(),
             'title': _('States of workflow: %s') % self.get_workflow()
         }
@@ -584,6 +635,19 @@ class SetupWorkflowTransitionListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_workflow_transition,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_transition_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {'object': self.get_workflow()}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Create a transition and use it to move a workflow from '
+                ' one state to another.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'This workflow doesn\'t have any transitions'
+            ),
             'object': self.get_workflow(),
             'title': _(
                 'Transitions of workflow: %s'
@@ -606,7 +670,18 @@ class WorkflowListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_object': True,
-            'title': _('Workflows')
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('There are no workflows'),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Create some workflows and associated them with a document '
+                'type. Active workflows will be shown here and the documents '
+                'for which they are executing.'
+            ),
+            'title': _('Workflows'),
         }
 
     def get_object_list(self):
@@ -635,6 +710,13 @@ class WorkflowDocumentListView(DocumentListView):
         context = super(WorkflowDocumentListView, self).get_extra_context()
         context.update(
             {
+                'no_results_title': _(
+                    'There are documents executing this workflow'
+                ),
+                'no_results_text': _(
+                    'Associate a workflow with some document types and '
+                    'documents of those types will be listed in this view.'
+                ),
                 'object': self.workflow,
                 'title': _('Documents with the workflow: %s') % self.workflow
             }
@@ -653,14 +735,17 @@ class WorkflowStateDocumentListView(DocumentListView):
             {
                 'object': workflow_state,
                 'navigation_object_list': ('object', 'workflow'),
-                'workflow': WorkflowRuntimeProxy.objects.get(
-                    pk=workflow_state.workflow.pk
+                'no_results_title': _(
+                    'There are documents in this workflow state'
                 ),
                 'title': _(
                     'Documents in the workflow "%s", state "%s"'
                 ) % (
                     workflow_state.workflow, workflow_state
-                )
+                ),
+                'workflow': WorkflowRuntimeProxy.objects.get(
+                    pk=workflow_state.workflow.pk
+                ),
             }
         )
         return context
@@ -693,6 +778,17 @@ class WorkflowStateListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_columns': True,
             'hide_link': True,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_workflow_state_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {'object': self.get_workflow()}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _(
+                'This workflow doesn\'t have any state.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Create states and link them using transitions.'
+            ),
             'object': self.get_workflow(),
             'title': _('States of workflow: %s') % self.get_workflow()
         }
@@ -751,6 +847,10 @@ class SetupWorkflowTransitionTriggerEventListView(FormView):
             'form_display_mode_table': True,
             'navigation_object_list': ('object', 'workflow'),
             'object': self.get_object(),
+            'subtitle': _(
+                'Triggers are events that cause this transition to execute '
+                'automatically.'
+            ),
             'title': _(
                 'Workflow transition trigger events for: %s'
             ) % self.get_object(),
diff --git a/mayan/apps/events/views.py b/mayan/apps/events/views.py
index 588db6778e..6e899d8e5f 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/events/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/events/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ from .classes import EventType, ModelEventType
 from .forms import (
     EventTypeUserRelationshipFormSet, ObjectEventTypeUserRelationshipFormSet
 )
+from .icons import icon_user_notifications_list
+from .links import link_event_types_subscriptions_list
 from .models import StoredEventType
 from .permissions import permission_events_view
 from .widgets import event_object_link
@@ -109,6 +112,17 @@ class NotificationListView(SingleObjectListView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         return {
             'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_user_notifications_list,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_event_types_subscriptions_list.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Subscribe to global or object events to receive '
+                'notifications.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('There are no notifications'),
             'object': self.request.user,
             'title': _('Notifications'),
         }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/metadata/icons.py b/mayan/apps/metadata/icons.py
index 12e4142ffd..653b9ea401 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/metadata/icons.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/metadata/icons.py
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ icon_document_metadata_edit_submit = Icon(
 icon_document_metadata_remove_submit = Icon(
     driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='minus'
 )
+icon_metadata = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='pencil-alt')
 icon_metadata_view = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='pencil-alt')
diff --git a/mayan/apps/metadata/views.py b/mayan/apps/metadata/views.py
index d1231e3518..93bdf51227 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/metadata/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/metadata/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ from .forms import (
 )
 from .icons import (
     icon_document_metadata_add_submit, icon_document_metadata_edit_submit,
-    icon_document_metadata_remove_submit
+    icon_document_metadata_remove_submit, icon_metadata
+)
+from .links import (
+    link_metadata_add, link_metadata_multiple_add,
+    link_setup_metadata_type_create
 )
 from .models import DocumentMetadata, MetadataType
 from .permissions import (
@@ -262,8 +267,29 @@ class DocumentMetadataEditView(MultipleObjectFormActionView):
     def get_extra_context(self):
         queryset = self.get_queryset()
 
+        if queryset.count() == 1:
+            no_results_main_link = link_metadata_add.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    request=self.request, dict_={'object': queryset.first()}
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            no_results_main_link = link_metadata_multiple_add.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(request=self.request)
+            )
+            no_results_main_link.url = '{}?id_list={}'.format(
+                no_results_main_link.url, id_list
+            )
+
         result = {
             'form_display_mode_table': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_metadata,
+            'no_results_main_link': no_results_main_link,
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Add metadata types available for this document\'s type '
+                'and assign them corresponding values.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('There is no metadata to edit'),
             'submit_icon_class': icon_document_metadata_edit_submit,
             'submit_label': _('Edit'),
             'title': ungettext(
@@ -371,9 +397,23 @@ class DocumentMetadataListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
             'object': document,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_metadata,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_metadata_add.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    request=self.request, dict_={'object': document}
+                )
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Add metadata types this document\'s type '
+                'to be able to add them to individual documents. '
+                'Once added to individual document, you can then edit their '
+                'values.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('This document doesn\'t have any metadata'),
             'title': _('Metadata for document: %s') % document,
         }
 
+
     def get_object_list(self):
         return self.get_document().metadata.all()
 
@@ -579,6 +619,19 @@ class MetadataTypeListView(SingleObjectListView):
                 },
             ),
             'hide_link': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_metadata,
+            'no_results_main_link': link_setup_metadata_type_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(request=self.request)
+            ),
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Metadata types are users defined properties that can be '
+                'assigned values. Once created they must be associated to '
+                'document types, either as optional or required, for each. '
+                'Setting a metadata type as required for a document type '
+                'will block the upload of documents of that type until a '
+                'metadata value is provided.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('There are no metadata types'),
             'title': _('Metadata types'),
         }
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/tags/views.py b/mayan/apps/tags/views.py
index a03514a4c7..ced3ca0904 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/tags/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/tags/views.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, reverse
+from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext
 
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ from documents.views import DocumentListView
 from documents.permissions import permission_document_view
 
 from .forms import TagMultipleSelectionForm
-from .icons import icon_tag_delete_submit, icon_tag_remove_submit
+from .icons import (
+    icon_menu_tags, icon_tag_delete_submit, icon_tag_remove_submit
+)
+from .links import link_tag_attach, link_tag_create
 from .models import Tag
 from .permissions import (
     permission_tag_attach, permission_tag_create, permission_tag_delete,
@@ -190,6 +194,17 @@ class TagListView(SingleObjectListView):
         return {
             'hide_link': True,
             'hide_object': True,
+            'no_results_icon': icon_menu_tags,
+            'no_results_text': _(
+                'Tags are color coded properties that can be attached or '
+                'removed from documents.'
+            ),
+            'no_results_title': _('No tags available'),
+            'no_results_main_link': link_tag_create.resolve(
+                context=RequestContext(
+                    self.request, {}
+                )
+            ),
             'title': _('Tags'),
         }
 
@@ -237,6 +252,12 @@ class DocumentTagListView(TagListView):
         context.update(
             {
                 'hide_link': True,
+                'no_results_title': _('Document has no tags attached'),
+                'no_results_main_link': link_tag_attach.resolve(
+                    context=RequestContext(
+                        self.request, {'object': self.document}
+                    )
+                ),
                 'object': self.document,
                 'title': _('Tags for document: %s') % self.document,
             }