I would like to place HTML code on my site, but am not sure where to place it. When I placed it where I thought I should, it showed up looking like code and not the picture that I was expecting it to be. I would greatly appreciate any assistance that can be offered. Just so you know, I am new at this, so forgive me if this seems like a silly question.

Which of the several hundred different web editors are you using? Each works differently as to how they handle pasting code.

if you are using wizard,
you will find wizard icon
and when you click it, you will find edit your pages
click on code editor tab
paste the code
save
publish