SleekRank for rock formation pages
Keep named geological formations in a single sheet with rock type, age, region, thickness, and outcrop columns. SleekRank renders one indexable URL per formation at /formations/{slug}/ from a base page that owns the layout.
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Rock formation pages share a fixed shape
A rock-formation page is mostly fields. Formation name, rock type (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic), depositional environment, geological period, age in millions of years, region, thickness, notable outcrops, fossil content, and economic significance. Values change per formation; the shape does not. Hand-built geology catalogs drift fast: rock-type labels mix common and lithological detail, ages alternate between Ma and absolute dates, and region strings vary in geographic specificity.
SleekRank reads a formation sheet (Google Sheets or CSV) and renders one URL per row at /formations/{slug}/ using a base WordPress page as the template. Rock type, age, region, and thickness slot into fixed selector targets. Notable outcrops and fossil content render as ordered lists via list mappings. Update the sheet, clear the cache, and every page reflects the new data.
The sample table shows the pattern: morrison-formation (Sedimentary, Late Jurassic, 155-148 Ma, Western US), green-river-formation (Sedimentary, Eocene, 53-48 Ma, Wyoming and Utah), burgess-shale (Sedimentary, Middle Cambrian, 508 Ma, British Columbia), chalk-formation (Sedimentary, Late Cretaceous, 100-66 Ma, Northwest Europe), columbia-river-basalt (Igneous, Miocene, 17-6 Ma, Pacific Northwest). Each row carries its own geological context.
Workflow
From formation sheet to per-formation pages
Build the formation sheet
Wire SleekRank mappings
Design the formation page layout
Cache and ship
Data in, pages out
From formation sheet to per-formation pages
| slug | name | rock_type | period | age_ma |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| morrison-formation | Morrison Formation | Sedimentary | Late Jurassic | 155-148 |
| green-river-formation | Green River Formation | Sedimentary | Eocene | 53-48 |
| burgess-shale | Burgess Shale | Sedimentary | Middle Cambrian | 508 |
| chalk-formation | Chalk Formation | Sedimentary | Late Cretaceous | 100-66 |
| columbia-river-basalt | Columbia River Basalt | Igneous | Miocene | 17-6 |
/formations/{slug}/
- /formations/morrison-formation/
- /formations/green-river-formation/
- /formations/burgess-shale/
- /formations/chalk-formation/
- /formations/columbia-river-basalt/
Comparison
Per-formation posts versus a single source sheet
Manual posts per formation
- Rock-type labels mix common and lithological detail
- Ages alternate between Ma and absolute dates
- Region strings vary between countries, states, and basins
- Thickness shows up in meters, feet, or descriptive ranges
- Outcrop lists get formatted differently each time
- Period assignments occasionally drift with revised stratigraphy
SleekRank
- One URL per formation from a single base page
- Rock type, period, age in fixed selector slots
- Outcrops and fossil content render as clean lists
- Depositional environment and economic notes become real fields
- Sheet edits flow to every page on cache flush
- Sitemap auto-includes every formation URL
Features
What SleekRank gives you for rock formation pages
Per-formation URLs
Each formation in the sheet gets its own URL like /formations/morrison-formation/, generated from one base page. Adding a new named unit is a row in the sheet, not a new WordPress post.
Outcrops as lists
Map notable-outcrop and fossil-content arrays to list selectors so each entry renders as its own list item with consistent formatting across the catalog.
Sheet-driven edits
Geologists edit the sheet, not WordPress. Cache flushes, and every page reflects the new values. Updating a period assignment after revised stratigraphy happens in one place.
Use cases
Who builds rock formation pages with SleekRank
Geological surveys
State and regional geological surveys maintaining catalogs of named formations with consistent rock type, age, and outcrop fields. The survey sheet drives the public site.
University geology departments
Geology programs maintaining teaching catalogs of regionally important formations with consistent stratigraphic, lithological, and paleontological metadata across every page.
Field-trip guidebook sites
Companion sites to printed geology field guides documenting formations along a route with one indexable page per formation aligned to the guide's stratigraphy.
The bigger picture
Why geological content is structured data
Geological formation directories are values masquerading as prose. Rock type is a small categorical (sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic, with subtypes). Period is a controlled vocabulary from the geologic time scale.
Age is a numeric range in Ma. Region is a region set. Thickness is a numeric range.
Every one of those is structured data, and treating each formation as a freeform post throws the structure away. Geologists and students scanning a page want to find rock type, age, and region in the same place every time, not buried somewhere different on each post. With SleekRank, layout stays uniform because every page reads from the same fields.
Updating ages after a revised stratigraphic chart or adjusting period boundaries after an ICS update becomes a sheet edit, not a multi-page audit. Geological surveys, university departments, and field-guide companions all benefit; readers get consistency, editors stay sane, and the SEO surface grows steadily as new formations enter the catalog.
Questions
Common questions about SleekRank for rock formation pages
No. SleekRank does not generate geological content. You provide the sheet (formation name, rock type, period, age, and so on) and SleekRank renders one page per row. Editorial responsibility for stratigraphic and lithological accuracy stays with you. SleekRank handles rendering and routing.
Yes. Add image_url and column_image_url fields to the sheet and map them via tag or selector mappings that inject tags. For Open Graph cards, pair SleekRank with SleekPixel for dynamic OG images that include the formation name and period badge.
Use a regions array column instead of a single region string. Map via a list selector. The page shows all regions where the formation crops out, with a separate notable_outcrops array for specific localities.
Store outcrops as an array of objects with name, latitude, longitude, and access notes. Map to a structured list that can also feed a map embed via a separate selector. The dataset becomes both a directory and a map source.
SleekRank caches the source per cacheDuration set in seconds. Edit the sheet, clear the SleekRank cache via WP-CLI or admin, and the next request rebuilds the page with new data. For stratigraphy set cacheDuration high; revisions are infrequent.
Yes. Each generated URL is a real WordPress page included in the sitemap. The base template is excluded automatically so the scaffolding does not compete with real formation pages. Run a rewrite flush after adding new slugs so the routes resolve immediately on production.
Yes, but that's a hub page rather than the per-formation URL. Build /formations/ as a filter page that pulls from the same dataset and filters by period, rock type, or region. SleekRank handles the per-formation detail pages; the hub uses the same source.
When a formation is renamed or subdivided, update the slug or add child formations and add redirects from old-slug URLs so prior links land on the canonical page. The dataset stays the source of truth, and the redirect map keeps the site consistent.
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