Welcome to FF14.
Yes you came to the right place, there are many veterans on the forums that can give you advice about anything. I'm on a different world so I won't be able to play with you but if you use the shout channel to ask for an invite to the Novice Network I'm sure one of the mentors will invite you. The Novice Network is an in game chat channel for players to help each other in. Your chat window is in the lower left corner of your screen by default and your typing field is directly below it. On the left of the typing field is an icon, if you click on that it will let you select different channels to speak in.

Did you have any specific questions about playing that you needed help with?