If you wish to forward a domain name that you have to another domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's redirected to. That way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the site you have set up, but it'll also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main Internet 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 creating a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every cloud website hosting plan, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available in the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You're going to be able to set up, change and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed from the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you have to pick the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is very easy to use, so you will not have any issues. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.