Hey, I'm pretty new to Joomla and Fireboard but it all seems very interesting, all complete with nice clean layouts... I have been running phpBB on my site for a few months now. It's more like a forum not a site, as it does not have a portal/frontpage; the index page is the forum.

I want to convert from phpBB to Fireboard and had these noobish questions:

1) Do I need Joomla to run Fireboard?
2) I have a lot of modifications that I have added to phpBB- will this be converted/trashed too or should I remove them all? (I'd prefer for them to be trashed)
3)If I do need Joomla to run Fireboard: After installing Joomla onto my site in the same SQL db as phpBB, do I need to bridge phpBB first or can I just continue with a Fireboard conversion?
4) I've seen some people saying Fireboard is the better gfx orientated version of JoomlaBoard. Does this mean I will need to install JoomlaBoard firsts and then Fireboard as an "elaborate skin" or is Fireboard a complete different system?

Thanks, any help is appreciated.