If you would like to point a domain that you have to another domain or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it's directed to. That 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 forwarded to the site which you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all of the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting 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 email addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting plan from our company and you wish 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 addresses and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel included with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll aid you with this task. If you have created an Internet site through 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 company, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few clicks in your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a challenging task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we offer, is extremely easy to use. If you need to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to pick the domain address or subdomain that you need, pick the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be 100 % active and within several hours it's going to propagate all over the world. If you are not sure what you have to do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.