You can read and edit unprotected pages without creating an account or logging in. For editing protected pages you need an account (which is free), just click the “Login” button at the top right corner of any page and log in/register.
Like all wikis, you can edit any non-protected page. Your changes will be visible immediately. Just click the “Edit this page” button that appears at the top of every page.
Explain your edit in the “Edit summary” box under the edit window (eg: “typo” or “added info on xyz”).
Use the “Preview” button to check your edit and get the formatting right before saving. Remember to save your preview before moving on.
If you are logged in, you can mark an edit as minor by checking the Minor Changes checkbox to let people know your edit is not something substantive.
To try editing, open a new window and go to the playground (which is an editing test area), and then click the “Edit this page” link. Add something and click “Save”.
To add a new page you need to:
Page deletion can be performed only by administrators.
For uploading and inserting files/images you need an account (which is free), just click the “Login” button at the top right corner of any page and log in/register.
DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible - see Formatting Syntax.