Completed Drupal site or project URL: http://www.accessselfstorage.com

Our client, Access Self Storage, owns and/or manages 17 storage facilities in New Jersey and New York, with over 12,000 storage units available for rent throughout their locations. They approached Mary Pomerantz Advertising with the need to streamline the process of finding and reserving a storage unit in any of their locations.

Their previous site used an iFrame to take reservations through the web version of SiteLink (their self-storage management software). This integration was clunky and didn’t transition well to mobile devices. It also offered no SEO advantage since their storage units were not being indexed and associated with their primary domain. We knew that the Feeds module would help us get the client’s data from SiteLink’s API into Drupal. Once the 12,000 units were in Drupal, we had the flexibility of organizing and displaying them for easy navigation and discovery. Lastly, we could use Drupal’s Services and Rules modules to make reservations and push updated data back to SiteLink.

Easy as 1, 2, 3

We broke down the reservation process into a simple three-step process: find your location, find your storage unit, and reserve that unit as easily and quickly as possible.

We paired this easy-to-follow workflow with a responsive design that met all pre-established business needs to the client’s satisfaction and amazement.

Key modules/theme/distribution used: FeedsServicesWeb service clientViewsViews Field ViewRulesComputed FieldViews Bulk Operations (VBO)AdaptiveThemeElysia CronTeam members: MPA