There are several ways to point a domain address to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. When you own a domain and you have set up a site using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the 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 create a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often more configuration may be needed with the other company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every web hosting, will permit you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this kind of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will require just a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter will be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any difficulties, you can go through our in-depth help article, check out the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for help.