If you'd like to forward a domain address that you have to another domain name or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it's pointed to. In this way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be pointed to the site that you've set up, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this type of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Website Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a website hosting from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a few basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, then just click the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost right away. In this way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to set up, change and delete CNAME records really easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled from the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain name or subdomain you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you need to choose the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it is going to be forwarded to, choose the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you'll be all set. Even if you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use, so you'll not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and a detailed help article regarding how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and more.