feat(blog): enable live likes and first-party views

www/README.md

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ The default values are:
 
 ```txt
 PUBLIC_AIA_API_BASE=https://api.azinstitute4autism.com
+PUBLIC_COUNTERS_MODE=off
+PUBLIC_COUNTERS_LIVE_APPROVED=false
 PUBLIC_ALLOW_INDEXING=false
 ```
 
@@ -94,6 +96,16 @@ not deploy anything or change environment files. Run `npm run build` afterward
 to restore staging output. Only explicitly authorized production deployments
 should publish indexing-enabled artifacts.
 
+Ordinary local builds keep counters off. `npm run deploy` deliberately and
+non-overridably builds the production artifact with live counters, the approved
+API origin and `PUBLIC_COUNTERS_LIVE_APPROVED=true`. Article pages post one
+first-party view per real navigation; Library cards only batch-read statistics.
+Likes use the existing POST/DELETE API and store only the visitor's chosen slug
+set in localStorage. No view cookies or visitor identifiers are created. Run
+`npm run test:counters`, then build in live mode and run `npm run
+verify:counters -- --browser=chromium` (or `firefox`) for a fully intercepted
+browser regression that cannot write production counters.
+
 ## View And Build
 
 ### Development Server
@@ -600,16 +612,18 @@ Use `PUBLIC_AIA_FORMS_MODE=off npm run build` for an offline artifact, or
 `PUBLIC_AIA_FORMS_MODE=mock npm run dev` for synthetic fixtures. Missing/empty
 mode means live; obsolete `isolated-test` and other invalid values produce an
 explicit configuration error. Remove old approval/environment variables from
-local settings. Indexing is independent of forms; counters remain off by default.
+local settings. Indexing and form mode remain independent of counter mode.
 
 See the [current Form A guide](integrations/jotform/README.md) for the exact
 registry, safeguards, rollback and owner acceptance requirements. Form C remains
 inactive. Employee-portal private input retains its own separate gates.
 
 Verify matching output with
-`node tools/phase10-artifact-verify.mjs --mode=staging --forms=live`;
+`node tools/phase10-artifact-verify.mjs --mode=staging --forms=live --counters=off`;
 use `--mode=indexing` for indexing output and `--forms=off` or `--forms=mock`
-for those explicit builds. No actual submissions run in automated tests.
+for those explicit builds. Production counter artifacts require
+`--counters=live`. No actual submissions or production counter writes run in
+automated tests.
 
 ## Static releases and employee portal