If you want to point a domain name that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is forwarded to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be redirected to the Internet site that you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the traffic from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain because this type of a record created for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting plan through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have created an Internet site through another provider, 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 creating a CNAME record with a few clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
You are going to be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records very easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed from the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain name or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you simply need to select the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it is going to be forwarded to, choose the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly easy to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are available 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 a site created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and much more.