Can I use a universal no-results display for Views?
You can copy views-view.tpl.php template to your theme folder, then modify relevant part.

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


To:

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


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

Cheers,