If you'd like to point a domain name that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's forwarded to. This way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site which you have created, but it'll also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this type of a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a cloud plan with our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could view all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, after that simply click the Save button. The process is as simple as that and the new record will be active almost right away. That way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot 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 in which 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 click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record without difficulty. Whether you want to create a private URL for your emails, to forward a domain to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it's not going to take you more than 3 clicks to set up such a record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you're there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video inside the CP about how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.