ive got some of the free services i.e. guest book etc.
I copy and paste the code onto my site which is supposed to create an image but , instead all i get to see on my site is the code literally as it was when i pasted it.what am i doing wrong?

See the copy / paste forum

thanks peter for replying.
i would like to say however only a complete idiot would have not tryed that already.
maybe i did not make myself clear .
i CAN READ instructions.
i DID READ instructions.
i DID FOLLOW instructions.
but when i put the service on my site the image does not appear just the code for the image.

What editor are you using? They are all different.