There are several ways to point a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you've created a site through some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes further configuration may be necessary with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a shared website hosting from our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a number of easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, after that just click on the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you are going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally just a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually seems a hard task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every semi-dedicated server we offer, is very easy to use. If you'd like to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all you have to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be completely active and within several hours it's going to propagate around the globe. If you're not sure what you have to do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.