There are numerous ways to point a domain name to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. When you own a domain name and you have developed a website using some on-line service which supplies 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 are going to achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is important to know that if you set up 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 e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently additional configuration may be necessary with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a Linux shared hosting package through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel which allows you to view all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a few simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, after that just click the Save button. The procedure is as simple as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. That way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company emails, plus much more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single Linux semi-dedicated package we offer, is very simple to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within a couple of hours it'll propagate around the globe. If you are not sure what you should do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance whenever you want.