Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have within a hosting account will permit you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being forwarded to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider in case you have created a site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take you a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which is CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added this type of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up a website through another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every semi-dedicated service we offer, is quite simple to use. If you would like to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is quite easy 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 world. If you're not sure what you have to do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both situated in that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any time.