Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you have within a hosting account will permit you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain name it is being redirected to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's often confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address which you own through one provider to the servers of some other company when you have set up a website with the latter. By doing this, the Internet site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is not likely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take 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 committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be forwarded to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or simply contact us for help.