Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will permit you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being forwarded to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is often confused with the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another company assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a Linux web hosting package with our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a number of basic steps - select the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, then simply click the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you will have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company e-mails, plus much more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a click to get it done.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records very easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled via the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain address or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you have to select the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be all set. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely easy to use, so you will not have any problems. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to create a CNAME record, both of which are located in the same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and a lot more.