If you wish to point a domain name that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is forwarded to. In this way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site you have set up, but it will also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since this type of a record set up for the main domain renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you have a shared web hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted in your account through the Hepsia CP included with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added this sort of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have built a site via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of clicks in your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a hard task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every semi-dedicated server we offer, is extremely easy to use. If you'd like to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain you need, choose 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 procedure is very easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within several hours it will propagate around the globe. If you are not sure what you have to do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help at any time.