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Genesis Attachments, a leading manufacturer of heavy‑duty shears, grapples, and concrete processors for the demolition and scrap industries, used its website as a central hub for product information, downloadable manuals, and dealer/reseller connections. Facing the end‑of‑life for Drupal 7, they worked with Zengenuity to rebuild their site on modern Drupal, improving usability, design, and performance.

Describe the project (goals, requirements and outcome)

Goals:

  • Migrate the existing site from Drupal 7 to modern Drupal.
  • Refresh the design for a cleaner, more modern look with improved mobile responsiveness.
  • Enhance editorial experience with intuitive, flexible page layout and drag-and-drop editing.
  • Enable full‑text search across website pages and PDF documents like manuals and spec sheets.

Requirements & Features Implemented

  • Full content migration and rebuild on modern Drupal.
  • Reusable layouts and components powered by Mercury Editor and Paragraphs.
  • Search API + Search API Attachments integration for robust search across all pages and within uploaded PDFs.

Outcome

  • A modern, responsive, and customer-friendly front-end.
  • Content editors benefit from faster, more intuitive drag‑and‑drop page building.
  • Users can easily find manuals, maintenance guides, and spec sheets for their products using the site-wide search.
  • Improved maintainability and alignment with Drupal’s current best practices.

The Finished Product

Mercury Editor Mercury Editor provides drag-and-drop page building in an intuitive interface for content editors. Dealer locator The Dealer Locator, built with the Geocoder, Leaflet, and Views modules, allows customers to easily find their dealers in their state or zip code. Search results The website's search uses text from within uploaded PDFs, which makes finding manuals and other documentation simple for customers. Back to top
Why Drupal was chosen

Genesis had used Drupal 7 for years and wanted to retain the flexibility and content structure they had developed. Rebuilding on modern Drupal was the natural choice due to its long-term support, strong migration tools, and ability to provide a more intuitive editorial experience. 

Genesis Attachments website screenshot showing desktop and mobile view

Technical Specifications

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Why these modules/theme/distribution were chosen

  • Mercury Editor and Paragraphs: Provides a drag-and-drop page building experience with structured, flexible content components.

  • Search API and Search API Attachments: Powers the site’s search functions, including full-text indexing of manuals and spec sheets stored as PDFs.

  • Geocoder and Leaflet: Used to build the site's searchable Dealer Locator tool.