There are several ways to direct a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. When you own a domain and you have created a website using some online service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently further configuration may be needed with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a cloud website hosting service with our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you could see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a number of easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, then just click on the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. In this way, you are going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You're going to be able to set up, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled through the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you have to pick the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it is going to be forwarded to, pick the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is incredibly intuitive to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for a website created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and a lot more.