diff --git a/webapp/web/css/vitro.css b/webapp/web/css/vitro.css
index 96939f0d9..5663789e9 100644
--- a/webapp/web/css/vitro.css
+++ b/webapp/web/css/vitro.css
@@ -58,11 +58,29 @@
     font-size: .9em;
     line-height: 30px;
 }
-#flash-message{
+#flash-message {
     background-color: #7285a0;
     padding: .5em;  
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
+.rebuildSearchIndex {
+    float: right;
+    padding: .6em;
+    background: #ffc;
+    -moz-border-radius: 6px;
+    -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
+    border-radius: 6px;
+}
+.rebuildSearchIndex h4,
+.rebuildSearchIndex p {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+.rebuildSearchIndex p {
+    font-size: .8em;
+}
+
+
 /* <------ INDEX PAGE*/
 .siteMap h2 {
     padding-bottom: 0;
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/classgroups-checkForData.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/classgroups-checkForData.ftl
index a5f2aa40d..e397cb9d5 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/classgroups-checkForData.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/classgroups-checkForData.ftl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 </#if>
 
 <#assign noDataNotification>
+    <span class="rebuildSearchIndex"><h4>Expecting content?</h4> <p>Try <a title="Rebuild the search index for this site" href="${urls.base}/SearchIndex">rebuilding the search index</a>.</p></span>
+    
     <h3>There is currently no content in the system</h3>
     
     <#if user.loggedIn>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-checkForData.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-checkForData.ftl
index 1c68d30a5..337f4f436 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-checkForData.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-checkForData.ftl
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 </#if>
 
 <#assign noDataNotification>
+    <span class="rebuildSearchIndex"><h4>Expecting content?</h4> <p>Try <a title="Rebuild the search index for this site" href="${urls.base}/SearchIndex">rebuilding the search index</a>.</p></span>
+    
     <h3>There is currently no ${page.title} content in the system</h3>
     <#if user.loggedIn>
         <#if user.hasSiteAdminAccess>