Sorting source albums

Greetings,
I recently imported 3 folder of images to iphoto 5.04 and created albums. I dragged the albums into the source side of iphoto. I closed iphoto and the next time I opened it up, the albums were not listed. They are still in the iphoto library, but do not show up in the source view. I also rearranged the order of albums in the source view and that also reverted back. The only app added to my computer is Aperature. Thanks in advance for your help
G5 1.8 dual Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hi pix2go,
If you created albums, they would be created in the source window. I don't understand when you say you dragged them into the source side when they should already be there.
what were the exact steps you took?
Did you drag the folders from the desktop into the source pane to import them?
When you say you opened iPhoto and the Albums were not listed, but they were still in the library, I thinking you are really talking about rolls and not albums.
If you rearrange the albums in the source window, it should stick.
Lori

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