It became evident that I would be able to help pay my expenses by putting some paid advertising on the pages. That wasn't as simple as I hoped it would be. I discovered all sorts of scams, and thought I was making bunches of money, which somehow never made it into my pocket. Eventually I got things sorted out, and now I have a pretty good idea of who will pay me and who won't. There are some good places to arrange for advertising on your pages, and I have a page telling about what I've learned.
Every website needs a place to live.
There are a lot of hosting companies out there, and most of them are pretty good. A few aren't, of course. I have a page listing several of them, and it's a good place to start your search for the perfect website host. Once you have your website made and hosted, you have to tell the search engines about it. A lot of people will try to sell you the service of telling thousands of search engines about your page.