I have just started learning website designing and for testing i have to buy space on a live server. But i m using currently a Free Hosting Service just to know whether i m able to host or not. But there is some problem. I Uploaded a page index.php using FTP. The server provides PHP 5. But when i open URL, it just displays the ads of the Service provider and doesnt display my site. I want to ask weather my way of uploading is rite or there is some other way or some other things to use after uploading.

You have to ask your Web hosting provider that. Look through the instructions and save the file to the correct places for the php interpreter to execute it.

RJ

if your getting a partial build of the page, its a safe bet that the page is in the right place. The other thing to check would be cofiguration settings on your server. Make sure you are compatible with teh version of Perl you are attempting to use, and all necessary options are on (such as parent file paths if necessary). If everything looks good on your end, its a good bet that there is a compatibility problem with your host. They don't support the same version of Perl that you are attempting to use. Lots of servers say they support Perl 5 or ASP, but they can only emulate the basics....

If you are not getting a partial build, or a server error before your page loads, then its in the wrong place.. probably an "httpdocs" directory or somethign like that...