There are many ways to redirect a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you have created a site using some online service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web 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 name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases further configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

In case you have a web hosting plan from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia CP included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have built an Internet site through another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and takes a click. If you experience any troubles, you can go through our comprehensive help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for help.