If people like what they see they ll visit some of your other work and perhaps even add you to their Web of Trust. A picture of yourself tends to show at least a fragment of your true self, so you may want to consider putting your likeness on your page. Take your picture. Type the URL for your photo in the appropriate field on your Profile Editing Page. Type the URL for your photo in the appropriate field on your Profile Editing Page.
Some folks feel uncomfortable putting pictures of themselves on their profile pages.
This is fine with me because some of you are ugly as hell and should not be allowed to put yourselves on public display . If this is the case, feel free to find the URL for a picture you ve found on the web and enter it into your profile page. For a long time, I had a snapshot of Morpheus from The Matrix on my page until I decided to add my picture. Do whichever you feel most comfortable with. HTML can add backgrounds, fonts, colors, links, graphics, and menus to your page.