Vorpalbunny -

Question: Did you name your file "index.html" sounds to me like you have uploaded files successfully but aren't actually accessing your page that you created.

Try typing in a full path: www.yourdomainname.com/yourfilename.html - or save a page as index.html - this is the default page viewed when you go to any url (www.domainname.com) - well, that and extensions .php, .htm, etc.

I'll let the experts like Dmitiry get to the nitty gritty with you but thought a small suggestion may help.

Also, read this guy's free lessons: http://www.htmltutorials.ca/ - it's an easy to learn tutorial on html - he has the first 20 some lessons for free and will really help you get started on writing your own html code - using nothing but notepad.