There are numerous ways to point a domain name to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have developed 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 redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one company and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently more configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every cloud hosting plan, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available in the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up this sort of records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will permit you to create a CNAME record easily. When you want to create a private URL for your emails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not take you more than three mouse clicks to create this kind of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you're there, all that 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 enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video within the CP on 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.