I agree, though what your sample contains would almost satisfy an XHTML1.1 validation which is better still. I'd make another two changes to the front page.
1. Get rid of that ugly default font and use something nice like Trebuchet.
2. Mention the date in the correct format, ie: dd MMMM yyyy
I think the mIRC logo should lose it's old fashioned colourscale too and be remade in a more precise way in Photoshop.
