Hacked, Wiped, Rebuilt, and Upgraded
Yes, the server was hacked recently, and as soon as I discovered it to be the case I backed up the data, wiped it, and reinstalled all the software. I actually did it twice, since after having difficulty bringing up one of my sites (this one, actually) I decided to change operating systems. So I'm very sorry for the downtime.
On the good side, I used this opportunity to upgrade the software that runs this site (drupal), which I suspect of being the entry that was used to hack the server, since the version I was running was not up-to-date. You will also notice a change in look, largely because the template I had been using before was not available for this version. That's ok, change is good.
So thanks for your patience as I worked out the problems. I have to say that for a while there I thought that I may have lost all the data due to a corrupt database dump. Luckily I proved myself wrong, but it serves as a reminder to back up, back up, and back up again.
I currently administer 4 Drupal sites. Before, I didn't really know what "backing up" your site really mean. Now I can do it in my sleep, with my toes.
So... I hope, new templates better than old...