Replace "No Item in List" message in List View WebPart used in SharePoint 2007

Today, we got asked whether its possible to change the text on a SharePoint List webpart if there were no items in the list.  Like message shown below.

Umm immediately, it came to my mind that some JQuery Script could be used.

On MSDN a contributor posted how to find and empty this TD cell that is outputted by SharePoint 2007.


The jquery line (by Diego Hidalgo):

$("td:contains('There are no items to show in this view '):last").empty();

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Did a bit more research and found using the Text("") method, it can effectively do a find and replace of the whole string.

Just wack something like this into a CEWP and voila

<script type="text/javascript">

$("td:contains('There are no items to show in this view of the \"Upcoming Major Events\" list. To create a new item, click \"New\" above.'):last").text("Please \"Enter Your Texts\" 

below.");

</script>

Remember to also include JQuery Code declaration like below.  And in 

<script type="text/javascript"> 

//check if jQuery already exists
if(typeof jQuery=="undefined"){
//set the path to the jQuery library to use
//var jQPath="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.1/";
//if internet then its this file         
        var jQPath="/yourDocsLocation/";
        //jquery-1.3.2.min.js 
        //add the reference to the page and evaluate
document.write("<script src='",jQPath,"jquery-1.3.2.min.js' type='text/javascript'><\/script>");
}

</script>