If you want to point a domain name that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is pointed to. In this way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be redirected to the Internet site you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all of the visitors from various 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 kind of a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

In case you have a cloud website hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia CP that comes with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which is CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this kind of 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 aid you with this task. If you have built an Internet site through another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain for use 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 within your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. If you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another company and use some third-party service that they provide, it's not going to take you more than three mouse clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so when you are there, all you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video in the CP on how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.