There are several ways to point a domain name to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have set up a site using some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve as a result 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 provider. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently further configuration may be necessary with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You can easily create CNAME records if you have a cloud website hosting plan with our company. We will supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you can see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a few basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and then simply click the Save button. The procedure is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost right away. In this way, you'll have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company e-mails, plus much more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a mouse click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to redirect a domain to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain name to another provider and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not require more than three mouse clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted inside 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 pick the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video in the Control Panel regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, which is available in the DNS records section.