Hi, according to the rule #16 in our
guidelines users don't have post their personal contacts in posts but have add them to their profiles.This is for your protection against spammers. If you see your personal profile you will find that our admins have added many kinds of contacts: MSN, skype, ICQ etc...
So, if you want to make friends with someone, look at their profiles, and if you want that someone becomes a friend of yours, add your personal contacts in your profile

As regards the new forum: I'm sure that you'll learn how to use it very soon. Everyone of us was kind of scared at the beginning but we found out that it is as easy as it was before!