If you'd like to point a domain name that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is redirected 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 name and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site that you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all of the visitors 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 instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this kind of a record created for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we provide with each and every Linux web hosting package, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that is available in the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to 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 intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create such records easily.

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 each Linux semi-dedicated package that we provide, is extremely simple to use. If you wish to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you need to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record is going to be fully active and within a few hours it will propagate around the world. If you're not sure what you have to do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.