🌐Environments

Environments represent distinct instances of the website that you want to test, each serving a specific purpose in the development lifecycle.

You can maintain separate environments, which enables you to build, test, and deploy changes systematically while minimizing risks to end users. Accessibility Tools comes with the following predefined environments:

• Local—For individual development work.

• Development—For team integration and initial testing.

• Staging—For pre-production validation and user acceptance testing.

• Production—For the live application that serves real users.

Each environment maintains its own configuration, data, and access controls, creating a structured pathway from initial code changes to public release. Environments are used when creating a project. For more information, see Create a project.

View existing environments

To access and view existing environments, on the left-hand side navigation pane, go to Settings > Environments.

The environments in the above picture are standard and cannot be changed. You can only tick/clear the check box next to the desired environment, to make sure the specific environment is included/excluded when creating a project.

Create an environment

To create an environment:

1. On the left-hand side navigation pane, go to Settings > Environments and click Add environment.

2. In the Add environment wizard screen, give your environment a meaningful name.

When finished, click Create.

Once created, the new environment becomes available in the environments list, with the Type marked as Custom:

Modify the name of an environment

To modify the name of an environment:

1. On the left-hand side navigation pane, go to Settings > Environments.

2. Click the Settings button next to the environment that you want to modify and then Edit environment in the shortcut menu.

1. In the Edit environment screen, rename your custom environment.

2. When finished, click Save.

You can only modify user created environments, not the standard, built-in ones.

Delete an environment

To delete an environment:

1. On the left-hand side navigation pane, go to Settings > Environments.

2. Click the Settings button next to the environment that you want to delete. On the shortcut menu, click Delete environment.

1. In the confirmation screen, tick the "Yes, I'm sure" box, then click Delete.

Your custom environment has now been deleted and is no longer available in the list

You can only delete user created environments, not the standard, built-in ones.