Add a blank slate area for shop orders

assets/css/admin.scss

@@ -106,11 +106,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
-.woocommerce-message {
-	position: relative;
-	border-left-color: #cc99c2 !important;
-	overflow: hidden;
-
+.woocommerce-message,
+.woocommerce-BlankState {
 	a.button-primary,
 	button.button-primary {
 		background: #bb77ae;
@@ -127,6 +124,12 @@
 			box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.25), 0 1px 0 #A36597;
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+.woocommerce-message {
+	position: relative;
+	border-left-color: #cc99c2 !important;
+	overflow: hidden;
 
 	a.skip,
 	a.docs {
@@ -4613,6 +4616,37 @@ table.bar_chart {
 	}
 }
 
+.post-type-shop_order {
+	.woocommerce-BlankState {
+		text-align: center;
+		padding: 5em 0 0;
+
+		.woocommerce-BlankState-message {
+			color: #aaa;
+			margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
+
+			&:before {
+				@include icon_dashicons( "\f174" );
+				color: #ddd;
+				text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #aaa, 0 1px 0 white;
+				font-size: 10em;
+				display: block;
+				position: relative !important;
+				top: auto;
+				left: auto;
+				line-height: 1em;
+				margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;
+			}
+		}
+
+		.woocommerce-BlankState-cta {
+			font-size: 1.2em;
+			padding: .75em 1.5em;
+			height: auto;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Small screen optimisation
  */

includes/admin/class-wc-admin-post-types.php

@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ class WC_Admin_Post_Types {
 			$user = wp_get_current_user();
 			update_user_option( $user->ID, 'manageedit-shop_ordercolumnshidden', array( 0 => 'billing_address' ), true );
 		}
+
+		// Show blank state
+		add_action( 'manage_posts_extra_tablenav', array( $this, 'maybe_render_blank_state' ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2285,7 +2288,6 @@ class WC_Admin_Post_Types {
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Disable DFW feature pointer.
 	 */
@@ -2310,6 +2312,33 @@ class WC_Admin_Post_Types {
 		unset( $post_types['product'], $post_types['shop_order'], $post_types['shop_coupon'] );
 		return $post_types;
 	}
+
+	public function maybe_render_blank_state( $which ) {
+		global $post_type;
+
+		if ( 'shop_order' === $post_type && 'bottom' === $which ) {
+			$counts = (array) wp_count_posts( 'shop_order' );
+			unset( $counts['auto-draft'] );
+			$count  = array_sum( $counts );
+
+			if ( 0 === $count ) {
+				?>
+				<div class="woocommerce-BlankState">
+					<h2 class="woocommerce-BlankState-message"><?php _e( 'When you receive a new order, it will appear here.', 'woocommerce' ); ?></h2>
+					<a class="woocommerce-BlankState-cta button-primary button" target="_blank" href="https://docs.woothemes.com/document/managing-orders/"><?php _e( 'Learn more about orders', 'woocommerce' ); ?></a>
+					<style type="text/css">
+						#posts-filter .wp-list-table,
+						#posts-filter .tablenav.top,
+						.wrap .subsubsub  {
+							display: none;
+						}
+					</style>
+				</div>
+				<?php
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
 }
 
 endif;