There are many ways to redirect 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've developed a website using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently more configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia CP included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type, that will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added this kind of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a website via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it requires only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter will be forwarded to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. If you experience any difficulties, you can go through our detailed help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for assistance.