Nah it'll be fine, but you've got a lot more time it seems to actually go through the PJIRC website lol I just usually glance over it and figure things out by messing with crap. I'll make a option group for the colors itself.
The nicks are going to have to work the same way I did mibbit, and didn't ever get to do for my EzIRC 1.x for 3.x
The channel joining is obvious lol xD
And as far as the codebase goes, I usually set it to just the folder "pjirc" or something along those lines, with a index.php leading to the forums.
I appreciate the help, I sure as heck didn't know how to do colors. Will implement into next version