Denise,
I would probably try a search using keywords MySQL and PHP. There will be some installation posts in there somewhere. I would most likely try the install until I couldn't get any further and post in the individual forums as to what error you might be getting if your installation fails. There is a ton of help in the forums on the issues and many will help you I'm sure. Once you have what you need on the server, post the individual errors you are getting in the appropriate forum, such as MySQL forum. Most likely you will find answers to your questions in there. I believe we are in the code hacking forum.

(* Hooper thinks, some really neat hacks in here too!*)
Wish you the best in your move. I'm pretty confident that you
will be happy with vB.