If you wish to point a domain address that you have to another domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is directed 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 redirected to the site you have created, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the visitors from various subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record created for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting plan from our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia CP included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added such a record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a website using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few clicks within your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually seems a hard task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we provide, is quite simple to use. If you'd like to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will have to do will be to select the domain or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within a couple of hours it is going to propagate around the globe. If you are not sure what you should do, we have prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help anytime.