by Escaleone » Thu May 27, 2010 6:16 pm
The skull icon above your minimap is a button that toggles claims' visibility. The other one is for villages. Click them to see your claim. If you mean that you want to see them on the minimap itself, though, the client doesn't currently do that.
Those settings on your stake are used to give people permission to walk on your claim, take items from your claim, and build/smash stuff on your claim. Click on a certain color among those colored squares on the menu, then click the permissions; it'll give them to anyone on your buddy list (or kin list, or whatever it's called; press CTRL+B to open it) for whom you select the same color.
Simpler example: Select the color blue on your stake, click all the theft/etc buttons, select your friend on your buddy list (right-click his character and Memorize him first, if you haven't), and select the color blue for him. Now he can take your stuff without being a criminal.