There are lots of ways to point a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have developed a website through some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is essential to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often more configuration may be needed with the other company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every web hosting plan, will enable you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you aren't absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available within 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 unlikely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domains and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create this kind of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a challenging task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each semi-dedicated server that we provide, is very 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 name or subdomain that you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is quite easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record is going to be 100 % active and within several hours it'll propagate worldwide. If you are not sure what you need to do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.