Hi,
Thanks Peter and David and thanks again for the welcome,that's why I wanted to host here as everyone is so helpful. I am also a bit of a newbie,so please bear with me.
I don't think I've been hacked as all my files were the same as before when comparing them.
I think we're getting close with this href tag David thanks for that suggestion.
I had discounted it because when I checked in firefox which now displays the site fine it was also empty,but I didn't know that it ignores this tag unlike IE.
That would certainly explain why it's bare in IE, but I wonder why it has suddenly happened and to both sites at the same time.
Will keep you posted.
Chris