Anyone who is familiar with editing sites like Wikipedia will be familiar with how to use this site. If you are new to it, then this page should have the answers...
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Anyone can look at the content on this site, even on the forums. It's open to all! However, to be able to add your content to it you must register and select a username and password. This is to try and curb the amount of spam and malicious posting that an open site of this type might attract.
Once you have logged in with a username and password you will have access to the full editing tools on the site.
Creating a page is easy. All you have to do is think of a suitable title for your page and once you have one you like type it into the Search box at the top of the site. Make sure you spell it correctly and use correct punctuation and capitalisation - this wod or phrase will be used to create both the URL of the page and the main header at the top of the page.
Once you're happy with your title click the 'Go' button under the search box and you'll be taken to a page that will tell you there is no page with that exact title and give you the option to create the page. It will say something like "There is no page titled "Pagename". You can create this page". Clicking on the words "create this page" will take you to the editing screen!
The editing screen has an interface somewhat similar to a basic word processing package. There is a large empty white box with a short toolbar above it. Hover your mouse over the toolbar icons for a moment and you'll see a tooltip with a brief description of each function. You can type in anything you like and use those buttons to format the text in the traditional wiki way! To see a full overview of wiki formating and how to do it, see this web page.
You no doubt want to be able to easily access your personal content. That's where categories come in. You can add your new page into a category by adding the text [[Category:Yourcategoryname]] to the bottom of your page. Or the top. It doesn't really matter. This will help you to keep track of your pages. When you save your page you'll see that there is a bar at the bottom showing which categories that page is a part of. This is also the way to create categories - as you will see, if you have just specified a category that you haven't created yet, the category name will show up in red. To create the category proper click on the name and you will see a window similar to the page editing window. It will show a list of the pages that are in that category plus a bit at the top for you to write any custom text. Note that you can have categories inside categories (also called subcategories): to do this you can add a category name to the bottom of the category desciption we just talked about.
Although the site is open to all, the front page is protected so that only administrators can edit it. Like most wiki sites, HughesD has a Recent Changes page that anyone can see and this will highlight any new or recently edited pages. In addition there is a sidebar showing the 5 most recently created pages on the front page. There is also a "featured article" widget on the main page - if you want your page added to this list, then let one of the admin users know.
The forum is also a good place to publicise your content, and the best thing is that by registering on the site you are AUTOMATICALLY registered on the forum too!