Phillip,

1.

Rebuilding/reorganizing indexs everday is not usually required. Index rebuilding really is really benificial when the database has moderate to heavy fragmentation. When you rebuild the indexes there is no longer a need to reorganize them, as rebuilding removes the fragmentation by dropping and creating the indexs. You can use the sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats to determine where you fragmentation level is at.

If I were to include the rebuild or reorganize in the same maintenance plan, I would choose to perform this before the backup.

2.

I am guessing the reason you do not see the other databaes in the drop down is because they are not in the full recovery mode. Can you confirm this? Right-click on the database and choose properties and the go to the options tab.