2026:

• april 24 – 12:30am: backupped everything, synced production site and overwrote staging site; minified MYSQL databases (all), left javascript intact for slider revolution 7 in parts, those javascript snippets are now secondary prioritized
• april 24 – 12:30am: revamped the site roadmap page
• april 24 – 12am: deactivated global wide caching to zero – the site is now fast enough to allow no caching at all – even though offering very high resolution with almost zero compression side-wide; this ensures that every visitor of the site instantly sees the changes  pushed from the staging site to the production site; it also means that the AETMEN website is constantly reaching its set goal to be a major fashion piieces database and knowledge-base internationally when it comes to handpicked brands & toughtful curations of seasons
• april 23 – 12am: (finally) the header menu was globally fixed for all mobile devices concerning height (it was too big until now); this is a convenient design look now on mobile devices (not reached optimal values yet) in conjunction with the slider revolution slideshows – they don’t vanish on mobile on wrong breaking points now; this fix will now have global design impact and offers an overall very beautiful (and especially performative) mobile view experience
• april 23 – 11am: Barena portfolio bug is fixed; updated slider revolution 7.0.1 to 7.0.2; it’s yet unclear what caused the bug in the first place, most probably slider revolution 6 didn’t migrate correctly to 7
• april 22 – 10am: fixed a bug that corrupted the Barena Venezia Slider (untransitioned slideshow from 6 to version 7); the problem was solved with theme rex shortcode for slider revolution 7
• april 21 – 1pm: further pimped the sidemenu – it has a cleaner design now on all devices
• april 21 – 1pm: finalised the ss26 landingpage slider including all typography animations, final animation CI, transitions and bullets; this template will now serve for all sitewide slidershows to remain consistency in design – in respect to the AETMEN CI
• april 21 – 2am: revamped the landing page slider with new slider revolution 7 features like direct link buttons at each slider, reduced the slider show to fewer but better slides; these “view” buttons will now be added to all sliders side-wite – to remain a) consistency and b) for user convenience to quickly jump & find what they are actually seeing in those slides
• april 20 – 4pm: revamped landing page slider via the updated slider revolution 7 extra style – module – the typography is now layered with a backdrop blur & style presets within the range of AETMEN CI colors, which results in higher readability on busy backgrounds without cropping away too much of the actual shown model in the slider (which again is a preferred design pattern within the CI-framework defined & constantly re-defined & updated)
• april 19 – 11pm: updated slider revolution 6 engine to version 7 successfully; now all slideshows at our website are running with the newest / latest engine update – no transitional bugs were spotted so far 
• april 19 – 10pm: fixed the sidemenu icon in the header menu for all devices (desktop & mobile devices), further pimped the actual slider menu spacings for all devices
• april 19 – 8pm: added Mooncastle portfolio, blog post, menu item (header, footer, side panel), landing page slider / slides, ss26 general overview slider / slides
• april 18 – 3pm: fixed sidepanel menu for tablets and smaller laptop screens
• april 18 – 2:30pm: updated landing page slider, ss26 overview page slidershow and created a dedicated slider for Maglificio G.R.P.
• april 18 – 2:30pm: added full portfolio item / blog entry / menu item (header, footer, side panel): Maglificio G.R.P.
• april 14 – 11pm: added origin countries in brands listing in the footer & sidepanel menu
• april 14 – 11pm: simplified & revamped mobile & desktop header menu – introduced origin countries sub folders; co-ords/shoes & extras are still available in the masonary view of all brands at the ss26 overview page as toggle-filters
• april 14 – 10:30pm: simplified captions in the landing page slideshow – it’s cleaner now
• april 14 – 10pm: all blog posts have a sidebar now (fixed a bug which caused some blog posts not showing the sidebar)
• april 14 – 9:30pm: updated WooCommerce plugin from 10.6.2 installed to 10.7.0 (please note: our online shop is not “live” yet – but soon)
• april 14 – 9pm: added Baracuta slides to landing page slideshow, ss26 slideshow and generally pimped and revamped the Baracuta portfolio page slideshow with highest possible resolution within the current WP framework – while keeping image sizes as low as possible (2556×1440 => ~ 1 MB)
• april 14 – 8pm: added Baracuta ss26 portfolio page, blog post and menu item (header, footer, side panel)
• april 10 – 5am: fonts in the main menu and drop down menu are now finally smaller, less letter spacing and less row spacing on all devices and systems
• april 10 – 4:30am: added portfolio group in ss26: sticky_100_percent_japan; added portfolio groups in fw25/26 (archive): fw25/26_self_released, again_in_fw_26_27, ad_acta; these groups are now visible in the masonary overviews in the respective overview pages for ss26 & fw25/26(archive) as filter tabs
• april 10 – 1am: activated sidebar widgets in single blog posts, including tags, recent blog posts and a cover-link for ss26 overview-page
• april 9 – 12pm: substantially increased the overall performance of the site via minifying databases, deleting revisions and drafts and more optimizations
• april 9 – 11:30pm: interim and unfinished update of Valsport portfolio item
• april 9 – 11:30pm: added archive fw25/26 buttons to the corresponding fw25/26 blog items at the very bottom of each post
• april 9 – 11pm: added a dedicated reviews-page under service; revamped the reviews-section on the landing page. at the dedicated review page you can read all reviews that are synchronized daily with google maps / Places API or reviews can be written via direct link to reviews pop up for AETMEN Fashion OG at Google Maps / Places API – which greatly helps AETMEN growing visibility within the digital realm concerning the offered quality & personal service
• april 9 – 10pm: revamped blog overview-page
• april 9 – 10pm: added to each ss26 blog post a button at each post – leading to the ss26 overview page – for user convenience
• april 9 – 10pm: revamped the landing page slider show and the ss26 slider with current store snapshots from april 2026
• april 9 – 8pm: added blog entry: spring dynamics – cuz what you feel is what you get
• april 7 – 7am: changed the bottom order of the landing page segments: newsletter is now before the google maps review-segment, which is now at the very bottom
• april 7 – 7am: revamped landing page sections again, added a google maps embed – and additional buttons – for “writing google reviews”, but also to see our “full location info” (below the google maps embed) – at the very bottom of the landing page
• april 7 – 2am: revamped the blog module segment on landing page
• april 7 – 1am: changed the general title of the site updates-page to site roadmap everywhere and also changed the page structure: future site roadmaps are now on top, actual realtime site updates are below it now
• april 7 – 1am: further revamped landing page in synchronization with the new sections like google reviews
• april 7 – 1am: added reviews and rating from google maps to the bottom of the landing page; this nice wp plugin by google synchronizes daily with the AETMEN google maps entry and the corresponding reviews; additionally a “please write a google review” button was added
• april 6 – 10pm: updated Google Site Kit to Version 1.176.0
• april 6 – 8pm: added typography / headlines to the landing page slideshow for better user-convenience concerning new brands and generally our ss26-selection; this landing page slider will be expanded constantly throughout the coming season and might wander to a later section of the landing page if video slides are added as starter again, meanwhile photos-only slideshow is set and also preferred performance-wise
• april 6 – 7:30pm: moved the brands-section on the landing page to second place – right after the landing page-slider
• april 6 – 7:30pm: further spell checkings; expanded the ss26-page introductionary text to be more precisely on AETMEN’s contemporary fashion art scouting
• april 6 – 4:30pm: added a future site-roadmap (brief outline)-section at the site updates-page at the very bottom
• april 6 – 3:30pm: final interim revamp of the panel dark menu for desktop & ipads / tablets in general
• april 6 – 2:30pm: privacy policy is now 100% compliant and narrowed down to the actual cookies used with the current status quo
• april 6 – 2pm: fixed wrong links at the bottom of each fw25/26 portfolio item – intended to lead to the fw25/26 overview page – it was instead leading to “hans”-portfolio – this is now fixed everywhere
• april 6 – 1:30pm: added a “fw25/26 – archive page” button at the bottom of the current “ss26” overview page
• april 6 – 1:30pm: further corrected spellings & semantics on each page & post
• april 6 – 1:30pm: fixed a bug at the header menu at the page ss26, which showed an unwanted white gap / line at the bottom of the header segment, before the slideshow. the menu layering is now set to the correct order
• april 6 – 12:30pm: added fully EUGDPR compatible cookies bar in the left bottom corner, as well as cookies settings in the right bottom corner – including user cookies settings & AETMEN privacy policy; in other words: aetmen.com is now fully EUGDPR compliant, trust levels are set to maximum therefore – both – for users and google search crawlers, as well as future online-shops
• april 6 – 12am: AETMEN logo in the dark panel menu increased in size and has now 100% column full width
• april 6 – 11am: further revamped the videos page, got rid of blurry preview video images on youtube
• april 6 – 4:30am: revamped ASPESI & Universal Works. – portfolio pages – synchronised portfolio page-formats and archive galleries-sections, as well as headings and all the other sections including spacings
• april 6 – 4am: revamped imprint page: format is now two columns, which is a better theme-solution visually accross all screen devices (pc, mac, mobile)
• april 6 – 2am: revamped footer section again: removed the copyright notice – it is in the imprint section now, and in the panel dark menu. this fixed overal an issue with mobile devices in portrait format
• april 5 – 10pm: tuned and made every section column to be in a logical parallel design-line with the header AETMEN logo when the header menu pops down when scrolling on desktop computers – in relation to the rest pages content; all columns in pages received a padding on every side – fully compatible with mobile devices; this gives the overall design a much cleaner look; unnecessary sections and columns were removed to boost overall performance
• april 5 – 9pm: tuned overall performance and set wide sections of the site not to be saved in local cache for user convenience when browsing with their devices – while leaving minimal footprint on hard disks – while also ensuring high dynamic content rotation – without having to clear the cache beforehand to see the changes; further revamped the panel dark menu right section for mobile devices, especially iPads, but also Macbooks.
• april 5 – 9pm: revamped fw25/26 archive overview site
• april 5 – 8:30pm: fixed & revamped landing page section & video section. unwanted gaps appearing on iOS and MacOS  browsers – were fixed; video section has been entirely revamped and is now much more performant
• april 5 – 6pm: fixed a site-bug which showed a white spacer at the bottom of the ss26-page before the footer
• april 5 – 6pm: exchanged the newsletter sign-up form at the bottom of the landing page with a button, that leads to the dedicated newsletter page (under “service:/newsletter”)
• april 5 – 5:30pm: further pimped the ss26-page starter slidershow with focus on textile craftmanship
• april 5 – 5pm: added appropiate preview images for each site-page for social media & messenger preview-graphics – focus is laid upon the ss26-#8aa6ad color variation
• april 5 – 4:30pm: changed the site-wide browser favicon and site logo to the ss26 logo variant with color code “AETMEN light blue”: #8aa6ad
• april 5 – 4pm: fixed & synchonized formatings of archive portfolio items
• april 5 – 4pm: updated semantics in the second animated headlines listing on landing page
• april 5 – 3pm: introduced a “100% japan”-menu anchor under “ss26>co-ords”
• april 5 – 2pm: further revamped footer, header, panel menu for desktop & mobile devices
• april 5 – 10am: added additional buttons: “view all: fw25/26 (archive)” & “view all: current spring / summer 2026” – at every archive portfolio item, at the bottom of the respective portfolio items
• april 5 – 9am: added imprint page and this site-updates page to ‘service:/imprint:/’ & ‘service:/imprint:/site-updates’
• april 4 – 11am: started updating ss26 brands: barena, uw (update 1 of 2), ASPESI (update 1 of 2)
• april 4 – 8am: added archived brands under ‘service:/archive:/fw25/26’ as masonary classic view
• april 4 – 6am: added archive-section for fw25/26 under ‘service:’ 
• april 3: switched AETMEN corporate identity color to a lighter blue from brandyred to signal the initial start of spring / summer 2026
• april 3: revamped footer, mobile, header and panel menu
• april 2: after thoroughly testing fw25/26 season and the site structure, a new updated version of the site went live with the real substantial start of the new follow-up season ss26: version 1.0

2025:

• oct 2025 – mar 2026: various bug fixes, beta testing site structure with fw25/26 season
• oct 2025: first version 0.9 online & live