[harmor19]

i am currently working on a major mod that allows a different new thread interface which allows me to add links and when i add links it automatically grabs the info from the site link and an image.

There's a hack called "vBulletin Directory" (I'm not sure about the name) that will get a screenshot of the site.

i also want it to allow me to link to files or upload files without going through the manage attachment system i mean a table of its own

Good luck with that one.

i also want it to be able to change the file uploaded to zip/rar/gzip files so there smaller

I think you'd use exec()

and it also needs to be able to read the uploaded file and list its contents can anyone help me with any of the above requests.

I highly doubt that's possible.