If you wish to direct a domain address that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is forwarded to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the website that you have created, but it will also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all of the visitors from different subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this type of a record created for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we provide with each and every Linux cloud package, will allow you to create CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems a difficult task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each Linux semi-dedicated hosting package which we offer, is very simple to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within several hours it'll propagate around the world. If you're not sure what you should do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.