Hi chiton. Welcome to the forums!

A link to your blog might help, but some of this is easy. Like for example I'll bet your blog #1 is the blog that used to have all the posts and now doesn't. That is because in v2.* you can make any blog be an aggregator blog, and #1 doesn't automatigally do it anymore. So go into your Blog settings tab then pick that blog then either Features or Advanced subtab until you find something for "aggregate blogs". There put in the blog numbers you want to aggregate. Probably 2,3 but it depends on which blogs you are aggregating.

The other bit about a blogroll showing up is *probably* due to having a linkblog widget in one of your blogs. What used to be "hack in something in the skin" is now "add widgets to containers in skins". So again go to your Blog settings tab, pick the blog you're trying to clean up, then click the "Widgets" subtab. Hopefully it'll make sense, but basically the stuff above and alongside and below your blog post area is broken up into containers, and containers hold widgets. So look for a container named "Sidebar" and see if any of the widget names make sense. Most of 'em do.

Can't help you with the images without a link to a specific situation.

Good luck!

thanks edb,

I'll try your suggestions and go from there.