If you wish to point a domain name that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's pointed to. This way, 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 site that you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the visitors 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 example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because such a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting plan from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take you a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia CP offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have created a website using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks within your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to create a CNAME record effortlessly. When you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain name to another company and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't take you more than 3 mouse clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you are there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video within the CP 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.