My new attributes will not show in drop down list! Serious problem

[MaryRenee]

Hi! When I add new product attributes (new colors, in example), for an existing product or a new product, the new attributes will not show in the front office selection box list!

Old attributes already set up are working correctly, even when applied to new products.

Can anyone give advice why this may be happening since upgraded to v1.0 in April 2010?

Thanks for any help you may be able to offer!

[MaryRenee]

I've checked in my SQL Database, and the only difference I can find in the new attributes I've added is:

Attributes added using the old (pre-upgrade) prestashop sorted in ascending numerical order as in:
1
2
3
4
5

The attributes I've added using the new (v1.0) prestashop are sorted in descending numerical order in example:

272
271
270
269
268

Could this be the problem? Everything else in the tables seems to be the same.

Does the upgraded prestashop sort attribute numbers differently causing them not to show due to the programming?

Also, all of my older attributes were numbered below 5000. The new ones added a few days ago are upwards of 6000.

Any help I could receive on this would be appreciated so much! I've done all I know to look at myself.

Thanks
MaryRenee'