There are several ways to direct a domain address to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've created a website 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 redirects 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 site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases further configuration may be needed with the other company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every web hosting, will allow you to create CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you're not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create this sort of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record effortlessly. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain address to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it's not going to require more than 3 clicks to set up this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you are there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to set up 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 in the Control Panel about how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.