There are numerous ways to point a domain name to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've created a site 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'll achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the 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 create a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often additional configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every shared website hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is unlikely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain address to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not require more than 3 clicks to set up such a record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you are there, all you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video in the Control Panel about how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, which is available in the DNS records section.