Friends and contacts?

[tarzan]

I just clicked on this tab in my user cp and there are some boxes with members names in them and a green checkmark in a box.Also has an empty box that says friend.Are these boxes from these members,like offering a friendship?So I just check the box?
Sorry for my ignorance,I just havent seen this before.

[JWSanders]

I just clicked on this tab in my user cp and there are some boxes with members names in them and a green checkmark in a box.Also has an empty box that says friend.Are these boxes from these members,like offering a friendship?So I just check the box?
Sorry for my ignorance,I just havent seen this before.

Yeah, it's a new feature of the forums.

Contacts and friends are pretty much the same, except that contacts just keep a list of the people you want on it and a friend sends a request to the other person to add you as a friend.

It's explained a little better in this FAQ:

http://www.xs11.com/forum/faq.php?faq=vb3_user_profile#faq_vb3_friends_contacts