This is the third (and a half) incarnation of Cleveland Swings.

The first incarnation ran from the late 90s to September 2002, and mainly consisted of static web pages and (eventually) a forum running phpBB version 1.

The second incarnation went online in September 2002, running phpBB version 2 along with several modifications for features that users have taken for granted (like the portal page and calendar).

The current admin (Troy) took over the site in November 2003, and continued tweaking the look and adding features.

The third incarnation of Cleveland Swings went online in January 2009, and involved a major upgrade/transition of all of the site's major features. The site's forum was driven by phpBB version 3, while the site's other features were driven by a software package called Joomla. These two different software packages were bridged by a sophisticated program called JFusion, which allowed people to seamlessly move between the different parts of the site.

Unfortunately, this setup proved a roadblock to plans for integrating Cleveland Swings with social networking services like Facebook and Twitter. In March 2010, the site's forum software (phpBB) was taken offline and migrated to a Joomla component called Kunena. This was a very large change, as Cleveland Swings had been running phpBB for 10 years, and phpBB provided several services that users take for granted. With this transition complete, Cleveland Swings begins its third (and a half) incarnation, and plans for adding new site features are proceeding smoothly!