diff --git a/htdocs/artefact/blog/lang/en.utf8/artefact.blog.php b/htdocs/artefact/blog/lang/en.utf8/artefact.blog.php
index bd72c4011abc441a14eed3dc6055ffcada6080b1..cedefa53d192e53889ad26dd66d1c350fd80154b 100644
--- a/htdocs/artefact/blog/lang/en.utf8/artefact.blog.php
+++ b/htdocs/artefact/blog/lang/en.utf8/artefact.blog.php
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ $string['postscopiedfromview'] = 'Entries copied from %s';
 
 $string['youhavenoblogs'] = 'You have no journals.';
 $string['youhavenoblogsaddone'] = 'You have no journals. <a href="%s">Add one</a>.';
-$string['youhavenogroupblogs1'] = 'There are no journals in this group. <a href="%s">Add one</a>.';
+$string['youhavenogroupblogs'] = 'There are no journals in this group.';
+$string['youhavenogroupblogsaddone'] = 'There are no journals in this group. <a href="%s">Add one</a>.';
 $string['youhavenoinstitutionblogs1'] = 'There are no journals in this institution. <a href="%s">Add one</a>.';
 $string['youhavenositeblogs1'] = 'There are no site journals. <a href="%s">Add one</a>.';
 $string['youhavenblog'] = array(
diff --git a/htdocs/theme/raw/plugintype/artefact/blog/templates/index.tpl b/htdocs/theme/raw/plugintype/artefact/blog/templates/index.tpl
index 1c2739743e4cf2ab1a191e7bc42ebd26d7084cad..c7932d64282a884d3a604f76e9253043916b2239 100644
--- a/htdocs/theme/raw/plugintype/artefact/blog/templates/index.tpl
+++ b/htdocs/theme/raw/plugintype/artefact/blog/templates/index.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 {if !$blogs->data}
   <p class="no-results">
   {if $group}
-    {str tag=youhavenogroupblogs1 section=artefact.blog arg1=$grouphref}
+    {if $canedit}
+      {str tag=youhavenogroupblogsaddone section=artefact.blog arg1=$grouphref}
+    {else}
+      {str tag=youhavenogroupblogs section=artefact.blog arg1=$grouphref}
+    {/if}
   {elseif $institutionname == 'mahara'}
     {str tag=youhavenositeblogs1 section=artefact.blog arg1=$sitehref}
   {elseif $institutionname}