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Website committee reports 60,000 hits; Select Board discusses adding payment page
Summary
Website committee volunteer Zach Cabakis told the board the town site receives roughly 60,000 hits per 30 days, Cloudflare protections are in place, and the board discussed adding a simple online payment page rather than a costly full site overhaul.
Zach Cabakis, speaking for the website committee, reviewed recent security and maintenance work, saying the town site uses Cloudflare to reduce malicious traffic and that he locked down admin access to U.S. IPs and installed an audit plugin. "If I'm not mistaken, it was something approximately 60,000 hits every 30 days," Zach said, clarifying that hits do not equal unique visitors but indicate site traffic.
The board discussed whether to add an online payment page for services (dog licenses, trash tickets, payments) versus a full redesign. Zach cautioned that a complete overhaul of a WordPress site can be costly — he estimated whole‑site redesigns in the tens of thousands — but said a payment page could be added as a lower‑cost single page. Members asked staff to research options, including credit‑card fee handling and vendor choices, and to report back with cost estimates.
