don't use count() to check for empty page

actions/favorited.php

@@ -143,13 +143,10 @@ class FavoritedAction extends Action
         $this->elementStart('div', 'instructions');
         $this->raw($output);
         $this->elementEnd('div');
-
-        $favorite = new Fave;
-
-        if ($favorite->count()) {
-            return;
     }
 
+    function showEmptyList()
+    {
         $message = _('Favorite notices appear on this page but no one has favorited one yet.') . ' ';
 
         if (common_logged_in()) {
@@ -217,6 +214,10 @@ class FavoritedAction extends Action
 
         $cnt = $nl->show();
 
+        if ($cnt == 0) {
+            $this->showEmptyList();
+        }
+
         $this->pagination($this->page > 1, $cnt > NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
                           $this->page, 'favorited');
     }

actions/public.php

@@ -166,19 +166,8 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
         $nav->show();
     }
 
-    function showPageNotice()
+    function showEmptyList()
     {
-        $notice = new Notice;
-
-        if (!$notice) {
-            $this->serverError(_('Could not retrieve public stream.'));
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if ($notice->count()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         $message = _('This is the public timeline for %%site.name%% but no one has posted anything yet.') . ' ';
 
         if (common_logged_in()) {
@@ -216,6 +205,10 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
 
         $cnt = $nl->show();
 
+        if ($cnt == 0) {
+            $this->showEmptyList();
+        }
+
         $this->pagination($this->page > 1, $cnt > NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
                           $this->page, 'public');
     }

actions/publictagcloud.php

@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ class PublictagcloudAction extends Action
         $this->element('p', 'instructions',
                        sprintf(_('These are most popular recent tags on %s '),
                                common_config('site', 'name')));
-
-        $tags = new Notice_tag;
-        if ($tags->count()) {
-            return;
     }
 
+    function showEmptyList()
+    {
         $message = _('No one has posted a notice with a [hashtag](%%doc.tags%%) yet.') . ' ';
 
         if (common_logged_in()) {
@@ -144,6 +142,8 @@ class PublictagcloudAction extends Action
             $this->elementEnd('dd');
             $this->elementEnd('dl');
             $this->elementEnd('div');
+        } else {
+            $this->showEmptyList();
         }
     }