There are numerous ways to direct a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. When you own a domain name and you have developed a site using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes further configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
In case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia CP that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this kind of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a website via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, like Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing DNS records usually seems to be a hard task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every semi-dedicated plan which we provide, is extremely easy to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to select the domain name or subdomain that you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type in the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within a few hours it will propagate around the globe. If you aren't sure what you have to do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any time.