For #1 I am unsure what you are asking so I will let someone else help you there. as for custom textures you might want to refer to this
linkThat page shows the specifications for single textures. If you want to read up on tips I would recommend almost any texture related tutorial by Winterkill. Here is a link to the one that helped me the most:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Corridor/9018/textures/tutorial.htmand if you need a version of psp there is a version still up on this site i think
herehope i helped