If you want to direct a domain name that you have to a different 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 name being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's directed to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the Internet site that you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all of the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this type of a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Website Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a website hosting plan with our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you could view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires several simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and then just click the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you will have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can 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, you will find there's 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 CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to set up a CNAME record easily. When you want to create a private URL for your emails, to redirect a domain address to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service which they provide, it won't take you more than 3 mouse clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all 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 enter the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video in the CP concerning how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.