Web Setup

Hi, I'm kinda new to this and am having difficulty setting up my server so that I have an FTP which i can just upload HTML files to, for people to see on the internet.

So far, I have built Apache using cPanel, and thats about it.
If i type the IP in the URL i get the cPanel placeholder webpage, but no matter where i put my index.html in my ftp it doesn't show.

When i asked the online support from theplanet.com they said that i needed to go to ACCOUNT FUNCTIONS >> CREATE NEW ACCOUNT...

which comes up with a form, and I'm not really sure what information I should put in it.

If anyone can help me, and give me guidance, it'd be greatly appreciated.