Before you start

I'm new to drupal and am very excited about it's potential.

Can someone please point me in the right direction or give me some tipps about how to use drupal for my needs?

After much searching in the handbooks and forum I'm still uncertain if drupal can help me to do what I want.

All the community based modules and blogging etc. are very powerful but only provide a portion of what I need.

I want to upgrade my community by starting to use Drupal, but I have one question...
My community is covering three nations (norway/sweden/danmark), is it possible to have three different languages installed on the board, selectable for the users (or depending on their location maybe)? All the "stories/articles" (all content) should change with the changing of the language...

Is this possible with drupal (without having three copies of it running)?

I've been working on switching my site over to drupal for about 2-3 weeks now, and I am a bit concerned at any extra overhead that might come as a result of the switch..

Right now I use a standard host, specifically bluehost.com, and i would like to know if such a host is able to support a large user base, or if drupal sites with large user bases typically require a dedicated rack or what not..

In addition to previous question - is it possible to create an aut-generating numeric field - ie, a Member ID that will "present" once the form has been submitted?

Hope the above is not too confusing?

Hi - being a complete noobie to Drupal I am looking for information on whether (or not) I am able to create/add user fields to the "Register" form and also if there is a module that will allow Duration (time out) based on a 12 month subscription.

Thanks for any guidance which will be most appreciated.

New to Drupal. Sounds wonderful. I am no techy whatsoever. Can Drupal be installed on a localserver such as wamp 5 or xxamp so that I can take a preview of the difficulty or ease of setting up a photography website with it? If so, are there instructions anywhere to show me the proper, mistake free method of installation.