There are lots of ways to point a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have developed a website through some online 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 are going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently further configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud plan, will permit you to set up CNAME records for every single domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that is available within the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is unlikely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
You'll be able to set up, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled using the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain name or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you just need to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you will be all set. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely easy to use, so you'll not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and a detailed help article concerning 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 hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a site created elsewhere, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domains, plus much more.