hello. I have spent a few days trying to figure out how to get my inspector in order.

when I try to move an item in the inspector pane, it will only let me move that project to the top, just under the smart folders.
I dont know why it willnot let me arrange by date, or alphabetically, or manually. I tried all this but the thing just seems to be random. When I add projects, they go to random places.
I tried the setting and even photos I took last week are misdated and not in any consistent manner.For example, last week I had two days of shooting; I used a 7D on both occasions, one card got placed in 2007, the other in 2010.the projects appear lost in the list even tho I named them. In the project viewer, there is no reason to where they appear at all. why is this? how can I re organize all this?

I am trying to get this organized. I use to just drop the one I was working on so it would appear at the top of the list and then try to remember them from there, but now I have a couple of years worth of projects accumulating.

I dont know if it is related or not but I have had some other anomalies. Its prolly my lack of experience with the program.
I would appreciate any tips on where I can go to read about this and get my assets in order soon, Im facing a major pile up.
any help will be much appreciated
Scott