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

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting plan from our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted in your account from the Hepsia CP included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this sort of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have created a website using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks inside your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take no more than a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you'll only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be redirected to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and takes a click. If you experience any issues, you can go through our comprehensive help article, check out the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or simply contact us for help.