diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-action-list.css' => 'c5eba19d',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-action-panel.css' => '91c7b835',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-badge.css' => 'f25c3476',
+    'rsrc/css/phui/phui-big-info-view.css' => '86cf0dd3',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-box.css' => 'a5bb366d',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-button.css' => '16020a60',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-crumbs-view.css' => '414406b5',
@@ -791,6 +792,7 @@
     'phriction-document-css' => 'd1861e06',
     'phui-action-panel-css' => '91c7b835',
     'phui-badge-view-css' => 'f25c3476',
+    'phui-big-info-view-css' => '86cf0dd3',
     'phui-box-css' => 'a5bb366d',
     'phui-button-css' => '16020a60',
     'phui-calendar-css' => 'ccabe893',
diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1444,6 +1444,7 @@
     'PHUIBadgeExample' => 'applications/uiexample/examples/PHUIBadgeExample.php',
     'PHUIBadgeMiniView' => 'view/phui/PHUIBadgeMiniView.php',
     'PHUIBadgeView' => 'view/phui/PHUIBadgeView.php',
+    'PHUIBigInfoView' => 'view/phui/PHUIBigInfoView.php',
     'PHUIBoxExample' => 'applications/uiexample/examples/PHUIBoxExample.php',
     'PHUIBoxView' => 'view/phui/PHUIBoxView.php',
     'PHUIButtonBarExample' => 'applications/uiexample/examples/PHUIButtonBarExample.php',
@@ -5503,6 +5504,7 @@
     'PHUIBadgeExample' => 'PhabricatorUIExample',
     'PHUIBadgeMiniView' => 'AphrontTagView',
     'PHUIBadgeView' => 'AphrontTagView',
+    'PHUIBigInfoView' => 'AphrontTagView',
     'PHUIBoxExample' => 'PhabricatorUIExample',
     'PHUIBoxView' => 'AphrontTagView',
     'PHUIButtonBarExample' => 'PhabricatorUIExample',
diff --git a/src/applications/badges/query/PhabricatorBadgesSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/badges/query/PhabricatorBadgesSearchEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/badges/query/PhabricatorBadgesSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/badges/query/PhabricatorBadgesSearchEngine.php
@@ -140,4 +140,24 @@
 
   }
 
+  protected function getNewUserBody() {
+    $create_button = id(new PHUIButtonView())
+      ->setTag('a')
+      ->setText(pht('Create a Badge'))
+      ->setHref('/badges/create/')
+      ->setColor(PHUIButtonView::GREEN);
+
+    $icon = $this->getApplication()->getFontIcon();
+    $app_name =  $this->getApplication()->getName();
+    $view = id(new PHUIBigInfoView())
+      ->setIcon($icon)
+      ->setTitle(pht('Welcome to %s', $app_name))
+      ->setDescription(
+        pht('Badges let you award and distinguish special users '.
+          'throughout your instance.'))
+      ->addAction($create_button);
+
+      return $view;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine.php
@@ -1355,19 +1355,13 @@
   }
 
   final public function renderNewUserView() {
-    $head = $this->getNewUserHeader();
     $body = $this->getNewUserBody();
 
-    if (!strlen($head) && !strlen($body)) {
+    if (!$body) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    $viewer = $this->requireViewer();
-
-    return id(new PHUIBoxView())
-      ->addMargin(PHUI::MARGIN_LARGE)
-      ->appendChild($head)
-      ->appendChild(new PHUIRemarkupView($viewer, $body));
+    return $body;
   }
 
   protected function getNewUserHeader() {
diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUIBigInfoView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUIBigInfoView.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUIBigInfoView.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PHUIBigInfoView extends AphrontTagView {
+
+  private $icon;
+  private $title;
+  private $description;
+  private $actions = array();
+
+  public function setIcon($icon) {
+    $this->icon = $icon;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function setTitle($title) {
+    $this->title = $title;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function setDescription($description) {
+    $this->description = $description;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function addAction(PHUIButtonView $button) {
+    $this->actions[] = $button;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  protected function getTagName() {
+    return 'div';
+  }
+
+  protected function getTagAttributes() {
+    $classes = array();
+    $classes[] = 'phui-big-info-view';
+
+    return array(
+      'class' => implode(' ', $classes),
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected function getTagContent() {
+    require_celerity_resource('phui-big-info-view-css');
+
+    $icon = id(new PHUIIconView())
+      ->setIconFont($this->icon)
+      ->addClass('phui-big-info-icon');
+
+    $icon = phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'phui-big-info-icon-container',
+      ),
+      $icon);
+
+    $title = phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'phui-big-info-title',
+      ),
+      $this->title);
+
+    $description = phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'phui-big-info-description',
+      ),
+      $this->description);
+
+    $buttons = array();
+    foreach ($this->actions as $button) {
+      $buttons[] = phutil_tag(
+        'div',
+        array(
+          'class' => 'phui-big-info-button',
+        ),
+        $button);
+    }
+
+    $actions = null;
+    if ($buttons) {
+      $actions = phutil_tag(
+        'div',
+        array(
+          'class' => 'phui-big-info-actions',
+        ),
+        $buttons);
+    }
+
+    return array($icon, $title, $description, $actions);
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-big-info-view.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-big-info-view.css
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-big-info-view.css
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * @provides phui-big-info-view-css
+ */
+
+.phui-big-info-view {
+  padding: 64px 32px;
+  margin: 16px 4px;
+  background-color: {$sh-greybackground};
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.phui-big-info-icon {
+  font-size: 48px;
+}
+
+.phui-big-info-title {
+  font-size: 18px;
+  padding: 4px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.phui-big-info-description {
+  font-size: {$biggerfontsize};
+  padding: 4px;
+}
+
+.phui-big-info-actions {
+  padding: 24px 0 0;
+}