Hi everyone!

I'm so impressed with this forum - it's exactly what I want to create. The only difference is that I want to create a forum for insurance auditors to share their experience and advice with others insurance auditors.

The problem is I think I'm confused after reading all the stuff on the internet on how to accomplish this. If I understand correctly, I need to buy a domain name, buy vBulletin, buy a FTP program, and transfer vBulletin to my website.

I guess I have to buy my domain name from a host and that includes a website (though I'm not sure why I need a website in addition to my forum). There are so many out there, and I have read so many conflicting reviews on quality, and ease of use, etc. I read about 1 or 2 hosts that include forums in their packages, but wondered if they were any good.

I thought I had found the perfect match when I stumbled onto bbpress (I ran a little blog for a while using wordpress.com) but then I read the installation instructions and I was totally confused.

I don't want to go the free route (I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for), but haven't got much to invest either. Especially since I'm unsure of how successful this adventure will be.

I haven't had time yet to thoroughly search your forum to see if you have some kind of step-by-step instructional to guide me through the process and give advice on hosts, etc.

I know I'm probably asking enough questions here for a book-full of answers - forgive me.

Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you!

Todd