If you'd like to forward a domain address that you have to another domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it's redirected to. 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 directed to the website you have created, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company 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 created for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a cloud website hosting through our company. We are going to supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel which allows you to see all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves several easy steps - select the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and then just click on the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company emails, and 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 could see the whole process first-hand. If you want to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally simply a click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to set up a CNAME record with ease. If you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain name to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't require more than three mouse clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so once you're there, all that you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video in the Control Panel concerning how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, which is available in the DNS records section.