In my opinion anyone can make a website. All it takes is some patience for doing some research and putting the site together. To build a good site, that many people would visit, it will take a lot more patience. But anyone, absolutely anyone can do this too. See, even the puppy on the right is trying it :)
Once we have gone through those beginner steps, we will speak a little about generating revenue, so that some of the energy you put into your website might be repaid.
Here I have attempted to put together some things I learned during building my own website. Let me know any suggestions or comments you have.