If you'd like to direct a domain name that you have to some other domain or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is 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 redirected to the Internet site you have created, but it will also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all of 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 example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

In case you have a cloud web hosting plan through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take you a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia CP offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid 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 provider, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You'll be able to create, change and delete CNAME records very easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain name or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you simply have to pick the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is incredibly easy to use, so you'll not have any troubles. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain address hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, plus much more.