If you wish to point a domain address that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain 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 and not only will it be forwarded to the Internet site which you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the traffic from various subdomains to their main Internet domain, 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 due to the fact that this kind of a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a Linux hosting with our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel which allows you to see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record involves several basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, then simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. In this way, you are going to 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 set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which 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 click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we offer, is extremely simple to use. If you want to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to choose the domain name or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within a couple of hours it'll propagate around the world. If you aren't sure what you should do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.