There are numerous ways to redirect a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have developed a site through some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting plan, will allow you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you are not absolutely sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within 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 unlikely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it requires only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to be forwarded to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.