Custom messages for the footers of all list views

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/list_topics_controller.js.coffee

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Discourse.ListTopicsController = Ember.ObjectController.extend
   # If we're changing our channel
   previousChannel: null
 
+  popular: (-> 
+    @get('content.filter') is 'popular'
+  ).property('content.filter')
+
   filterModeChanged: (->
     # Unsubscribe from a previous channel if necessary
     if previousChannel = @get('previousChannel')
@@ -36,6 +40,10 @@ Discourse.ListTopicsController = Ember.ObjectController.extend
     topic.toggleStar()
     false
 
+  createTopic: ->
+    @get('controllers.list').createTopic()
+    false
+
   observer: (->
     @set('filterMode', @get('controllser.list.filterMode'))
   ).observes('controller.list.filterMode')

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js.coffee

@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 window.Discourse.TopicList = Discourse.Model.extend
 
-  emptyListTip: (->
-    return null unless @get('loaded')
-
-    t = @get('topics')
-    return null if t && t.length > 0
-
-    Em.String.i18n('topics.no_' + @get('filter'))
-  ).property('topics', 'topics@each', 'filter', 'loaded')
-
-
   loadMoreTopics: ->
     promise = new RSVP.Promise()
     if moreUrl = @get('more_topics_url')

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topics.js.handlebars

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{#unless controller.loading}}
   {{#if content.loaded}}
     <div class='contents'>    
-      {{#unless content.emptyListTip}}
+      {{#if content.topics.length}}
       <table id='topic-list' {{bindAttr class="controller.category:filter-category"}}>
         <thead>
         <tr>
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@
         {{/group}}
 
       </table>
-      {{else}} 
-        <p class='empty-topic-list'>
-          {{content.emptyListTip}}
-        </p>
-      {{/unless}}
+      {{/if}}
     </div>
 
     <footer id='topic-list-bottom'>
@@ -55,9 +51,18 @@
       {{/if}}
     </footer>
 
-    {{#if view.allLoaded}}
-      <h3>{{{i18n topics.footer}}}</h3>
-    {{/if}}
+    <h3>
+      {{view.footerMessage}} 
+      {{#if view.allLoaded}}
+        {{#if controller.popular}}
+          {{#if view.canCreateTopic}}
+            <a href='#' {{action createTopic}}>{{i18n topic.suggest_create_topic}}</a>
+          {{/if}}
+        {{else}}
+          {{#linkTo list.categories}}{{i18n topic.browse_all_categories}}{{/linkTo}} {{i18n or}} {{#linkTo list.popular}}{{i18n topic.view_popular_topics}}{{/linkTo}}
+        {{/if}}
+      {{/if}}
+    </h3>
 
   {{/if}}
 {{/unless}}

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/list/list_topics_view.js.coffee

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ window.Discourse.ListTopicsView = Ember.View.extend Discourse.Scrolling, Discour
   templateName: 'list/topics'
   categoryBinding: 'Discourse.router.listController.category'
   filterModeBinding: 'Discourse.router.listController.filterMode'
+  canCreateTopicBinding: 'controller.controllers.list.canCreateTopic'
 
   insertedCount: (->
     inserted = @get('controller.inserted')
@@ -52,3 +53,15 @@ window.Discourse.ListTopicsView = Ember.View.extend Discourse.Scrolling, Discour
   scrolled: (e) ->
     @saveScrollPos()
     @get('eyeline')?.update()
+
+  footerMessage: (->
+    return unless @get('allLoaded')
+
+    content = @get('controller.content')
+    if content.get('topics.length') == 0
+      Em.String.i18n("topics.none.#{content.get('filter')}")
+    else
+      Em.String.i18n("topics.bottom.#{content.get('filter')}")
+
+  ).property('allLoaded', 'controller.content.topics.length')
+