How do I use Python serverside with shared hosting?
If your server is running Apache HTTP server, then you need something like mod_wsgi or mod_python installed and running as a module (your server signature may tell you this).
Once running, you may need to add a handler to your apache config, or a default may be setup.
After that, look at the documentation for the middleware of the module you are running, then maybe go on and use something like Django.
I've been told by my hosting company that Python is installed on their servers. How would I go about using it to output a simple HTML page? This is just as a learning exercise at the moment, but one day I'd like to use Python in the same way as I currently use PHP.