question about site integration

[pablo]

<i>i hope this is the right place to post this.</i> {i've also posted this on the vBulletin.com site}

i represent a client who wants to find about the following.

1. is there an option on vBulletin or in the hacks section to have the latest 20/10 topics displayed in a frame or called through php include.

2. is there an option in the hacks section to have, and access level for users of a certain status to browse a sub folder , i'm thinking .httaccess here ?
like putting the hashed passwords in .httpasswd file automatically

if these 2 things are available/could be done , i think my client will go for this.