Errors in Templete , Help…

The

tags are used by WordPress to correctly markup list elements of the content.
You could dig into the code and remove them, or you could place a

and
tag around the template tags that call the content in question.

I don’t really get you… I went through my index.php and I dont see any

tags which I can remove which relates to the errors pointed out @ the validator….
Sorry, I’m a lil’ lost here ..
Can you give me an example…

< a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="TITLE" title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>

where does the

and
go ??

You don’t have to remove any

tags.
Take this line:
<td><div id="recent_post">

• 
  (Error 6)
  You, or wp, has put a
tag there, which indicates it's a list element. But unless you tell it to be a

ordered list, or

unordered list, the validator doesn't know what to calll it so it shouts Error!
That error relates to something in the sidebar.
Sidebar elements are presented as lists of things - usually links. Because of that, WP automatically marks it up as a list element using the

tag, and in a default stylesheet, has that as an unordered list.
When you decide to present that information in a table format, those tags will break the validation unless you also insert some

and
tags.
Once you do that, the links will look different, and then css has again to be used to style them how you wish.
It seems complex because tables and css are being mixed incorrectly - but once part of it is correct, then the methods can be used for the rest.
One way would be to drop using the tables altogether, and just use CSS ?

I see, How do you normally see your layout if you use CSS to define the locations of the Items ?
Upload and view it live ?