Guides
7 notes on guides from the witness log.
Shopify Accessibility Audit: What It Can Find — and What a Live Store Still Has to Prove
A Shopify accessibility audit can flag issues and review your statement, theme, or checkout flow, but it is not the same as dated named-page evidence from a live store route. Here is where audit scope ends and route-level proof begins.
Accessibility Maturity Model or Governance Program vs Live Page Evidence
An accessibility maturity model or governance program can organize policy, procurement, and reporting, but it does not show what happened on one named page. Here is where program artifacts help and where page-level evidence starts.
Website Accessibility Scores and Google Lighthouse: What a 0–100 Number Can Show — and What It Still Can't Prove
A Google Lighthouse accessibility score can summarize automated findings, but it is not a WCAG verdict or dated page-level evidence from a live route. Here is what the number can show, what it can hide, and where proof begins.
What to Do When You Get an ADA Website Accessibility Demand Letter
An ADA website accessibility demand letter lands in your inbox. Before you respond, you need evidence — not assurances from your overlay vendor. Here is what to do, in order.
A WCAG 2.2 AA checklist for sites running an accessibility overlay
A practical WCAG 2.2 AA checklist accessibility overlay operators can use: understand what automated axe-core testing covers, which criteria require manual review, and where overlays reliably fall short.
How to document website accessibility evidence that holds up
Learn how to document website accessibility evidence that survives a legal challenge or procurement audit — reproducible test runs, timestamps, snapshot hashes, and claims quoted back against observations.
ADA Compliance for Ecommerce Checkout: What Overlays Miss and How to Gather Evidence
ADA compliance for ecommerce checkout flows matters most where money changes hands. This guide covers keyboard access, form labels, focus order, and how to collect timestamped before/after evidence your overlay may be missing.