If you wish to direct a domain name that you have to some other domain or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's directed to. By doing this, 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 pointed to the site which you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all of the traffic 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 instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record created for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux shared hosting, allows you to create CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you aren't confident how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available in the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to 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 intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this sort of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You are going to be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records easily with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed from the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain name or subdomain you have added in your account. To create a new record, you only need to choose the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. Even if you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly intuitive to use, so you'll not have any troubles. We also have a short video and a detailed 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 name hosted on our revolutionary cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and much more.