Sarah

★ Life with kids & a herd of cats. ★

★ I like to fix broken #WordPress sites ★

#Blogging since 2001 ★

★ Recently diagnosed with a rare cancer ★

2025-03-12

If it's not enough that I'm dealing with cancer, but the amount of credit card debt I'm now in? I have no way of finding work.

From 2023 and paying for so many things when both of my parents died, to 2024 and all the health stuff (while all the tests & doctors failed to diagnose my 32lb tumor), and now 2025 with my "moderately aggressive, very rare" cancer (only 200 people a year in the US get diagnosed with what I have).

I'm so overwhelmed.

2025-02-20

Cancer updates including the newest version of my diagnosis and my surgery post-op appointment, plus the emotional struggles I'm dealing with.

onestarrynight.com/cancer-upda

2025-02-12

I'm finally home from the hospital after having my 32-lb cancer removed. Yes, there's a photo included so be warned!

onestarrynight.com/i-had-surge

2025-01-26

This week is "back to reality" week when it comes to the massive surgery I'm having next week. I am trying so hard to not spiral out.

#Cancer

2025-01-23

A post updating everyone on the three appointments I had last week about my cancer.

onestarrynight.com/appointment

2025-01-10

An update on my first appointment with the tumor surgeon and my first PET Scan. #cancer

onestarrynight.com/meeting-the

2024-12-27

Your favorite! A health and life update. Am I even more of a disaster? YES I AM.

onestarrynight.com/health-life

2024-10-30

My oldest son and I voted! #VoteBlue

2024-10-13

I've been so busy with multiple medical procedures (including another one this upcoming Tuesday - my birthday is on Thursday) that I'm just now caught up on the WordPress drama and oh my gawwddddd it's insane and what they did to ACF?! I can't EVEN.

2024-09-20

A huge post going over my life drama, health drama, and new diagnoses.

onestarrynight.com/life-health

2024-08-14

@chris ugh I am so sorry you got it, I hope it's at least a mild case

2024-07-31

@lexoyo @topher1kenobe Because the issue wasn't about the site "actually" using too many resources, it was the plugin of doom, The Event Calendar, causing all the issues. Even with that, the spikes were temporary—maybe once a week. I coded a replacement for what the client needed, and it's been perfect since then. I moved them to BigScoots.

Sarah boosted:
Greg Pierceagiletortoise
2024-07-03

For anyone on the Contacts team at Apple…

FB14170572: Add "Date Deceased" field to Contact records

In addition to being born and having birthdays, many people also, eventually, die.

I do not necessarily want to delete these people from my Contacts, as I often have historical information, notes, and other things about the parties I would like to know about and remember.

I sometimes would like to remember and mormorialize them on the anniversary of their passing, often acknowledging the meaningfulness of that passing with others who shared a bond with said person.

Also, maybe, it would be useful information Siri suggestions could use to stop reminding me to call them on their birthday.

Thanks.
2024-07-02

Today is the first anniversary of my father's tragic death.

onestarrynight.com/first-death

2024-06-29

I did this, and it might look simple and "it's doing what it should be doing," but it's insane how difficult it has been, and there are no freaking tutorials or guides or anything for any part of it online!

Using WordPress, Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Post Type, Custom Taxonomy, Google Maps API.

tree-ripe.com/stop/

It just went live a few minutes ago. I hope it works the way I intended it. I can only test so much, but I don't know what "normal people" do on sites, LOL!

2024-06-23

I feel so dumb and frustrated.

2024-06-23

I feel like this is what I'm looking for but I have no idea where I would be putting this code?

You can't put PHP in a .js file?

wordpress.stackexchange.com/qu

2024-06-23

I'm not familiar with JSON at all in any way.

I want to do this: shorturl.at/6u8Jj

Is there a way to use my CPT and ACF to enter the data on a new post in the CPT using ACF and output it to a JSON file like that tutorial?

#JSON #WordPress #GoogleMaps #AdvancedCustomFields #ACF

2024-06-20

I'm using ACF with a CPT & Google Maps API.

Purpose is to have an event, date, time, & location with Google Maps showing. Great. Easy.

Next is have a main page with all the locations on the map, again easy.

How the heck do I do a radius search?

I've never had to do beyond basic WP search forms, so I feel dumb.

neilmatthews.com/radius-search

It seems like the best bet, but I am confused after adding the zipcode & bounding box functions.

My brain shuts down.

#WordPress #ACF #GoogleMaps

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