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Jono64a: The KBA site seems to be down for everyone (2025-04-13 19:47) [#12574]

I have found that links to the usual KBA site [ext] https://m.baduk.or.kr/ from here are broken for some time now. So I checked with [ext] https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/, and sure enough, it was:

“It's not just you! m.baduk.or.kr is down.”

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Jono64a: Re: The KBA site seems to be down for everyone (2025-04-18 01:19) [#12578]

Looks like they have a new site. Fortunately, for many broken links, there is a simple fix that keeps the old ID number. So copy-pasting the new site URL over the old fixed many KBA broken links all over the site. A responsible website admin would make sure that old links redirect to new ones, to avoid broken links galore on other sites linking to it (and presumably boosting SEO ranking).

Unkx80: Re: The KBA site seems to be down for everyone (2025-04-18 15:14) [#12579]

Although [ext] https://m.baduk.or.kr/ is down, [ext] https://baduk.or.kr/ works perfectly fine. In my mind, the "m" prefix in "m.baduk.or.kr" indicates a version of the site for mobiles, but these days it is possible to create webpages with a responsive design that renders well for both desktops and mobiles, so mobile-specific sites are increasingly becoming redundant. Of course, I agree that they could have done better by redirecting URLs under "m.baduk.or.kr" to the new home.

For some reason, I am not able to do a exact string search on SL using "m.baduk.or.kr", so I have no idea whether a URL that used to use "m.baduk.or.kr" can be mapped to "baduk.or.kr" or something else. Additionally I don't understand any Korean so I don't know how to navigate the KBA site.

Jono64a: Re: The KBA site seems to be down for everyone (2025-04-18 20:09) [#12580]

It wasn't just a matter of changing m.baduk to baduk. There were a few other code changes needed, but at least the article number remained the same:

Articles:

[ext] https://m.baduk.or.kr/news/B01_view.asp?news_no=XXXX[ext] https://www.baduk.or.kr/news/report_view.asp?news_no=XXXX

Player profiles:

[ext] https://m.baduk.or.kr/record/gisa_info.asp?PRPL_CODE=YYYYYYY[ext] https://www.baduk.or.kr/record/player_view.asp?pkey=YYYYYYY

 
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