If you'd like to point a domain address that you have to another domain or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's forwarded 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 name and not only will it be forwarded to the site you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, 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 because this type of a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account through the Hepsia CP that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this sort of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site through another provider, 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, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You are going to be able to set up, modify and delete CNAME records easily with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled through the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain or subdomain you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to pick the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it is going to be forwarded to, pick the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is quite easy to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are located in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain hosted on our revolutionary cloud hosting platform for a website created elsewhere, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and a lot more.