Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being redirected to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is frequently confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux cloud web hosting package, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, although it is not likely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain names and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this sort of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a challenging task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated package that we offer, is quite easy to use. If you want to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to choose the domain address or subdomain you need, select the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type in the value i.e. the domain 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 is going to be 100 % active and within a couple of hours it's going to propagate around the globe. If you aren't sure what you should do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that very same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.