site-updates

2026:

• 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