Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in the hosting account will permit you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is often confused with the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of some other company if you have created an Internet site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you only a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted within your account via the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site via 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, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks within your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will require only a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as simple and easy and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for assistance.